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Originally Posted by Westbro
I think when it comes to whole city planning and outside their wards they can be progressive etc. But from a purely democratic health standpoint councilors should represent their constituents on local issues.
I would prefer if they changed their language a bit and made it more obvious that the concerns are of citizens not necessarily their office, but if a councilor doesn't represent constituents at all we shouldn't bother with council and just hand over the whole of planning power to the bureaucrats and technocrats.
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See I keep hearing local nimbys councillors defend themselves with that type of B.S statements...to which my reply is then 1) Council should be removed from the process and it sent to the province or 2) wards themselves should be removed and a "at-large" system instituted
They represent the needs of the city AT large just as much as the local wards, and the view of the vocal minority does not equal the view of the ward at large, to which Menard, Troster, & leiper should remember. Less they only care about those that donate to them.
https://www.thecgo.org/research/ward...ly-and-nimbys/
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