Municipal governments are comprised of local elected officials and encompass a range of administrative bodies, including cities, towns, villages, and municipal districts.
This is the Political Trenches: Local Government at Work, the show dedicated to talking about the most pressing issues confronting municipal governments throughout Canada.
We are continuing our journey through the Municipal Alphabet.
I long with my co-host Ian McCormack, will provide insights and perspectives on the challenges and opportunities that confront local governments as they strive to serve their communities.
Today we bring you the letter ‘M’ which stands for the Maritimes. Later in the episode we will speak be speaking with a Municipal Consultant from Atlantic Canada.
We will first though talk about how amalgamation can cause some headaches when it comes to bylaws, we will then head to Surrey BC, where the ongoing tug of war between the RCMP and a City Police Force has spilled over into the media, and then we will end in Prince Edward Island where we will discuss the use of in camera session.
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Stories We Talked About This Episode:
Conflicting chicken bylaws after amalgamation? N.B. officials say new councils can sort it out https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/local-governance-reform-committee-1.6581404
Surrey police decision far from settled after council votes to retain RCMP
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/surrey-police-locke-keep-rcmp-sps-1.6879314
OmbudsPEI pushes Charlottetown council toward more transparencyhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-ombuds-charlottetown-city-council-closed-session-1.6870223
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