Andrew Black looks back on the successes of 2022, and forward to the challenge of governing a new, bigger municipality
Newly sworn in mayor of Tantramar Andrew Black has had quite a year, starting out as Sackville deputy mayor during the final year of the town’s legal existence, and then being elected to head up a brand new amalgamated town of Tantramar.
CHMA called him up in mid-December to take a look back at 2022:
Black says for him, 2022 was marked by the growing crisis in housing, and he sees that issue as something that the new town of Tantramar will be more actively involved with in 2023. He also noted Sackville council’s year-long process dealing with local government reform in 2022, and stood by his decision to participate in that process and then step back from a hiring process he felt was unfair.
Black says there’s some good people on the new Tantramar council, and is excited to get started governing the new municipality.… Continue
Sackville mayor Shawn Mesheau looks back on an ‘interesting’ year, and looks forward to some R&R
Sackville Mayor Shawn Mesheau started off in local politics as a town councillor in the mid 90’s, and served off and on until elected mayor in May 2021. Just six months into his tenure, the province announced the amalgamation of Sackville and surrounding communities, and another round of elections in late 2022. Mesheau ran for mayor of Tantramar in those municipal elections, and came second of three candidates, garnering 922 votes, or about 36% of ballots cast.
CHMA called up Mesheau in mid-December to reflect on his time in office, and the tumultuous year in local politics:
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Tantramar Report Year in Review: MLA Megan Mitton
Today on Tantramar Report we feature another year in review interview, this time with Memramcook-Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton. We cover just some of the topics that Mitton encountered in 2021, including health care reform, changing border regulations, working with a majority government, and impending municipal reform. All that and she had another baby, which meant making some changes to how things are done in New Brunswick’s provincial legislature, to make it more feasible for MLAs who are parents.