Monday October 6, 2014 11-12
Posted Oct 6, 2014 03:34:03 PM.
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11:00- Suzuki’s Blue Dot Tour comes to Kitchener tonight
David Suzuki, Award-winning Geneticist, Author, Broadcaster and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation
The David Suzuki Foundation is excited to launch the Blue Dot Tour, a cross-country journey to support a simple yet powerful idea: that all Canadians should have the right to drink clean water, breathe fresh air and eat healthy food. Right now, more than 110 nations around the world recognize their citizens’ right to live in a healthy environment, but not Canada. Together, we can change that. From September 24 to November 9 the Blue Dot Tour will visit 20 communities across Canada. It will feature David Suzuki and a star-studded lineup of performers, artists and leaders who are standing together to see every Canadian’s right to live in a healthy environment legally recognized. Many Canadians icons will be joining the tour, including: Margaret Atwood, Robert Bateman, Barenaked Ladies, Bruce Cockburn, Emily Haines from Metric, Jenn Grant, Chantal Kreviazuk, Raffi, Neil Young.
11:30- Jane Brewer announces she won’t sit on Regional Council, name remains on the ballot
Regional Coun. Jane Brewer’s political life might be drawing to a close, but controversy could linger following her days in office. Last week, the 90-year-old councillor unofficially withdrew her candidacy for regional council due to a health issue, but her name will still appear on the ballot in this year’s municipal election. “With respect to the way the legislation stands, you have to withdraw by a certain point in time or else your name stays on the ballot, so that’s the situation we find ourselves in at this point in time,” explained Kris Fletcher, the region’s clerk and director of council and administration services. Fletcher said the region intends to initiate a “communication campaign” with respect to the fact Brewer “doesn’t intend” to take office. That could entail outreach to news media and various social media activities, as well as posting notices at local polling stations. Some considered Brewer, a longtime regional councillor of 14 years, to be a shoo-in for one of two seats representing Cambridge on regional council. “If for some reason she does get elected, then it’s up to regional council to declare the seat vacant and decide how they wish to fill that vacancy – and then that’s either by by-election or by appointment, and there’s certainly controversy with respect to both processes,” Fletcher explained. That decision-making process would involve the other elected councillor representing Cambridge on regional council, along with the city’s mayor, who assumes a seat on regional council. But Brewer’s seat would need to be declared vacant before regional council could proceed with filling it.
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