“This is a song for the people who drive us around,” belts out Nova Scotia rocker Joel Plaskett in his latest track Halifax Transit Strike Song.

“For the brothers, fathers, mothers, sisters who take us across town,” he continues.

After 18 grueling days without public transit, it’s about time someone put that East Coast talent and sense of humour to work – and who better than the Maritimes’ music darling, Joel Plaskett?

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