I’m angry. And I’m worried.

Because I think that local government has a HUGE role to play in people’s quality of life. I think that local democracy is vital to making sure it delivers on improving the life of residents. And (as seen by voter turnout), participation in local democracy is often weak.

For the sake of our residents and communities: local democracy needs to be strengthened.

So I’m angry and worried by actions that the provincial government is taking. Because these actions are designed to undermine local democracy.

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There's been some.... impassioned... conversation about changes Council made to the Display of Address Bylaw tonight.

I've also received a rather nasty PM about it.

If people are truly this passionate about displaying (or not displaying) an address: then I hope they will come to a Council meeting and let us know what they think this bylaw should look like. I also hope they will follow my page to see what we are talking about at future Council meetings: it's always better for Council to hear your thoughts BEFORE we decide on something. Here's my post where I gave a preview of this bylaw amendment: https://bressey.ca/meetings/2020/jan27pre

However, I suspect that most don't actually feel too strongly about the Display of Address bylaw. I think this might be a case of social media anger amplifying itself due to not everyone having the full picture.

Some context:

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