CBC has archived Wendesday morning’s debate between myself and Malcolm Fraser of Citizens For Halifax, here. It’s worth a listen, I think. Before getting to Fraser and me, you first have to listen to councillor Tim Outhit blather on about PEI. I’ll have something significant to say about that, in a coming post and in […]
Small council
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Size matters when it comes to city councillors
Every few months, there’s talk in the air about radically transforming the structure of HRM or of the Halifax council—de-amalgamate, cut HRM in two, adopt right-wing American libertarian-style tax policies (i.e., “tax reform”) or, most recently, reduce the number of councillors. This last idea is now the subject of a council subcommittee and, in typical […]