While my term doesn’t officially end until Saturday, November 14, and our final Council meeting is on November 5, today feels like a good time to say thank you and good bye.
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Minister Flack’s press conference on “strengthening” governance
If you would like to view the press conference, it can be found here.
And here is the province’s media release about it.
Continue reading “Minister Flack’s press conference on “strengthening” governance”If you’re going to weight those votes
In a previous post, I discussed the significant problem with weighting the votes of only 12 Regional Councillors (presumably, the mayors of each local area municipality in Niagara).
You can go back and read that post or have a look at the math here:
“Politicians will never vote themselves out of a job”
This is simultaneously one of the silliest arguments I’ve heard about why councillors shouldn’t be involved in this discussion and also an argument that proves my point about the necessity of community engagement/public consultation.
I’ll address, first, that it is not at all a conflict of interest for me to have an opinion on regional (or any other) governance issue. Just as I’m permitted to have an opinion and express it on the regional budget or any other matter that impacts the community at large, I am also permitted to have an opinion on regional governance, amalgamation, and/or how many elected officials there should be to serve Niagara’s communities.
But, also, as I’ve stated many times before, I’m not seeking re-election, so it’s a moot point.
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