Some of the criticism levelled at city council’s secret meetings misses the mark. I’m talking about the “council met 28 times in secret last year” type of criticism—the number of secret meetings really doesn’t shed much light on whether they meetings were legitimately secret. Council can legitimately meet in secret for issues involving real estate, […]
Halifax Regional Council
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Halifax council recap
In a closed-door session Tuesday, Halifax council discussed the Argyle Street parking fiasco of a few weeks back: at 5pm on a Friday—happy hour for the bars—crews threw “no parking” signs on meters and went into businesses to warn patrons their cars would soon be towed. Businesses reportedly lost hundreds of customers. The city subsequently […]
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Commonwealth Games West
The city of Vancouver is desperately trying to find $485 million to cover cost overruns and the loss of financing for the Olympic Village, and as a result the city faces a potential downgrade in its credit rating, which will cost taxpayers millions more in increased borrowing costs. Vancouver’s problems are nearly identical to the […]