At this morning’s Corporate Services Standing Committee meeting, we returned to the issue of councillor remuneration.

And I had some things to say.

The motion that was before us was: Continue reading “Increase to councillor remuneration is unconscionable” →

To say that issues swirling around the NPCA are contentious and have been for years would be the understatement of at least the decade. This past Thursday, Regional Council took what I think is an important step toward resolving the issues that arose following the appointment of an interim board.

Continue reading “NPCA Interim Board and Citizen Appointments” →

During the campaign, I promised to:

Bring a motion to have an expense policy put in place that more clearly details how councillors can spend Niagara Region money, what they can and cannot spend it on; outline how expense records shall be kept in order to be reimbursed, and implement a procedure whereby all expenses are to be approved by the Regional Clerk before they are paid out.

Continue reading “Expense Policy progress” →

I am relieved to report that many of my colleagues on Regional Council were convinced – whether by personal stories or by the evidence – to vote in favour of constructing barriers on a piece of infrastructure where we’ve seen six deaths in as many months.

Continue reading “Not every solution is a good one” →

Tonight, Regional Council decided in a 23-4 vote to install barriers on a piece of infrastructure where the community has been impacted by six deaths in as many months. Continue reading “Mental health barriers – the finale (I hope)” →