If It Ain’t Broken, Don’t Rebrand It: Why I support the Website Upgrade but Not the Rebrand
Tonight, Council will consider two related items: an update to our municipal website and a proposed corporate rebrand. I’m fully […]
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Why a New Water Bill You’ve Never Heard Of Deserves Your Attention
Ontario’s new Water and Wastewater Public Corporations Act could change who controls our water and how rates are set.
This same bill already changed once after public pushback on rent increase rules.
Before anything else moves forward, let’s understand what’s at stake.
Livestreams, Leadership, and the Loss of Decorum: What comes next?
What retired wardens, current mayors, and local leaders reveal about the past, present, and future of political civility.
Motion: Great Lakes Coastal Cleanup
The Great Lakes Coastal Cleanup program brings municipalities together to clean up beaches, rivers, and shoreline areas on World Rivers Day, helping protect our shared freshwater ecosystem.
Traffic, Teamwork, and Town Halls: What I heard in Belmont
Making decisions that are right for everybody can be difficult when councillors are most intimately familiar with the wants and needs on our home turf. Going out to town hall events in other wards has been a great experience for me – an opportunity to gain deeper insight into the concerns in the neighbourhoods farther afield than Union and Sparta.
Reflections on Integrity Complaint CE051425(2)
Integrity isn’t about avoiding discomfort—it’s about facing it. In my response to the Integrity Commissioner’s report, I share why I stand by my questions and how council can strengthen trust moving forward.
Motion: Public Transit
WHEREAS growth is ongoing both in Port Stanley and along the Sunset Rd. corridor; AND WHEREAS further growth is anticipated
Motion Re: Municipal Accountability Act (Bill 9)
WHEREAS a lack of formal council direction may lead to misinterpretation of individual remarks as representative of the municipality as a whole;
Making Leadership Explicit: It’s time to talk about Bill 9
Bill 9 addresses what municipalities have long known: without consistent rules and enforceable consequences, codes of conduct aren’t much more than symbolic. The proposed changes would give Integrity Commissioners more teeth for …
Motion: Against the Expansion of Strong Mayor Powers
Moved and seconded by Cr. Michelle Graham and Cr. Morgaine Griffin WHEREAS the Ontario government has proposed expanding the “strong