On today’s show: Tantramar council is considering changes to its code of conduct bylaw that include a new penalty for councillors found to be in violation by their peers: outright suspension from their duties and authority. We listen in to some of what councillors had to say about the bylaw on February 24, and hear from politics professor Geoff Martin about why codes of conduct are necessary, but also come with risks.
Plus in other news:
- A 14-year-old boy who was reported missing from Port Elgin has returned home ‘safe and sound’, say police.
- Tantramar Mayor Andrew Black says he’s not sure if the municipality will be submitting an application to the newly announced Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund, to help cover the sewer and water costs for a proposed 62-unit non-profit housing co-op on Fairfield Road.
- Tantramar staff are proposing a second, larger option for a fenced in dog park in Sackville: behind the Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre.
