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PARRY SOUND 鈥?School board trustees play an important role in a democracy, said Near North chair David Thompson.He made the remarks during the April 25 regular Near North District School Board meeting, citing ongoing articles in the national media covering the spending habits of some southern Ontario school boards.An article by Car stanley nz oline Alphonso published online the week before the Near North meeting in the Globe and Mail spoke about the York Regional District School Board dismissing a senior staff member after the province identified a litany of problems facing the scandal-plagued school di stanley cup strict. An opinion piece published in the same newspaper that week by Konrad Yakabuski said the boards are an anachronism and have few substantive responsibilitie stanley thermobecher s. Most of what they do could be transferred to individual school principals, parents committees or the province. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Spending issues include international travel by trustees and their use of discretionary expense accounts. The bigger boards are misusing taxpayers money and other school boards, like us, are being painted with the same brush and thats not fair, said Thompson in a later interview. Unfortunately a few trustees are ruining it for everyone else. Its frustrating from a small board perspective, the money that is being wasted on international trips 鈥?can you imagine what the Near North could use that money for ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Zhhe WHAT S GOING ON HERE New pub coming to Waterloo Town Square
Doug Ford did it.He did the right thing 鈥?by finally supporting public funding for political parties, buttressing the democratic process.And then he did the right-wing thing 鈥?by wrongly doubling private d stanley cup onation limits, undermining the democratic process. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW stanley quencher Think of those controversial Ministerial Zoning Orders MZO that do the devils work for developers who donate money to the party in power. Like a Greenbelt up for grabs, MZO equals quid pro quo, not to mention highways to nowhere that lead to the developers door.Thats why its worth circling back for a closer look at the governments byplay 鈥?and its unexpected about-face 鈥?on stanley cup usa campaign finance rules last week. Lets get the bad news out of the way first. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Under cover of COVID-19, Fords Tories have set back the cause of campaign finance reform by boosting the individual contribution limit of $1,650 by what can only be described as an astronomical amount 鈥?100 per cent 鈥?to $3,300 a year. Thats not an inflationary hike, nor a catch-up increase, its double your money 鈥?and double trouble for democracy.In the spirit of democratic dialogue I asked the guardian of our election laws, Attorney General Doug Downey 鈥?whose courtroom experience and legal training equip him to defend the indefensible 鈥?why he would bring forward such backward legislation. Heres how the minister, now practised in polit