Much ado about something: Stratford City Council selected as 2021's 'most secretive' municipal body
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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
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TORONTO, Feb. 15, 2022 /CNW/ - Stratford City Council has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy in the municipal category.
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- TORONTO, Feb. 15, 2022 /CNW/ - Stratford City Council has been selected as the 2021 recipient of the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy in the municipal category.
- An MZO allows the minister of municipal affairs and housing to approve zoning projects without public consultation or chances for appeal.
- A third request was told that a study commissioned by the city was confidential because it was given to the city solicitor.
- The city council agreed, in late December, to rescind the bylaw it created to prevent the citizens from participating.