List of all Articles submitted to date.
The Municipality calls it a Strategic Plan update, but what it delivered is a spreadsheet where “Ongoing” appears over 30 times and little connects back to what residents actually said. Instead of clear progress, priorities, and measurable results (KPIs), residents are left with vague labels. “Ongoing” is no substitute for real accountability.
By Frank Lynch
Read ArticleThe Municipality scored timeline heavily despite vague deadline criteria, then let the Highway 103 project slide months past its spring target without a public update.
By Frank Lynch
Read ArticleThe “What We Heard” report asks residents to trust the results - but the limitations are missing, the sample is tiny, and the polished percentages rest on just 34 public responses. Should we trust it?
By Frank Lynch
Read ArticleThe province calls this “speculative studies,” and the committee still can’t explain the purpose - or why the 4,600 residents of the Municipality should carry the cost.
By Frank Lynch
Read ArticleAmalgamation is often advocated based on the theory of "economies of scale," suggesting that larger municipal units can provide services at a lower unit cost. However, empirical evidence over the last twenty years contradicts this as a solution for rural decline.
By Frank Lynch
Read ArticleI would like to know why council conducts meetings without the public being able to observe. The Municipal Government Act states that all municipal business must be observable by the public with a fe...
Read ArticleLess than 1% of residents engaged, yet the Strategic Plan moves forward. Some concerns about water security and some concerns about privacy. Read what’s at stake.
By Frank Lynch
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