Canadian comic and broadcaster Candy Palmater returns to the host chair, as incoming host Tom Power prepares to take the reins of a newly revamped q later this fall.

Candy first guest hosted our show last January, interviewing guests like actress Jennifer Aniston, Quiet author Susan Cain, and Marky Ramone of The Ramones fame. She quickly became a fan favourite, and is very excited to once again lend us her talents.

About Candy

Candy is a recovered lawyer turned feminist comic who was raised by bikers in the wilds of northern New Brunswick. She is an activist, actor, writer, international speaker, and award-winning TV and radio personality, and has executive produced three films on Mi'kmaw culture.

Candy is the creator and star of her own national, multiple award-winning TV series, The Candy Show, which inspired CBC summer radio show The Candy Palmater Show. She has a recurring role on the Trailer Park Boys, appeared in Call Me Fitz (HBO Canada) and Sex and Violence (OutTV), and received a Screen Nova Scotia nomination for her role on Forgive Me (Superchannel). She's a columnist with CBC Radio's The Next Chapter and has also guest hosted DNTO and q.

Candy has written and hosted many broadcasts including Ab Day Live, the Indspire Awards, and the imagineNATIVE Film Fest Awards Show.

Candy was valedictorian of her class at Dalhousie Law School and went on to practice Labour and Aboriginal law in a large corporate firm until show biz came knocking.

Before pursuing entertainment full time, Candy directed First Nations education for the Nova Scotia Department of Education for a decade. She is currently working on a Masters of Education at St. Francis Xavier University and has taught in the Transition Year program at Dalhousie University.

Candy spends most of her time in airports and airplanes as she travels the globe speaking to audiences, large and small, about the power of love, kindness and self-acceptance. Candy believes we are more alike than different and that you can never have too much Candy.