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Wake-up call for Halifax municipal councillors, mayor on holding secret meetings |
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Written by Staff
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Thursday, 21 June 2007 |
The Supreme Court of Canada has issued a wake-up call for municipal councils across the country to conduct their business in open whenever possible.
In a 7-0 ruling, the court ruled that London City Council was wrong to hold a meeting in camera and then hastily pass a vote that put a freeze on a controversial development project.
”The open meeting requirement reflects a clear legislative choice for increased transparency and accountability in the decision-making process of local governments,” Madam Justice Louise Charron wrote. ”The city council's conduct in closing the two meetings in question was neither inadvertent nor trivial.
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