Here is the summary for Coun. Daniel Fontaine’s latest podcast which is available on Spotify, Amazon, Google Podcast and Apple Podcast!
In Episode 27 of For the Record, we cover a number of topics and issues of interest to New West residents and beyond. We start off the podcast by discussing a number of motions that are making their way through New West city council.
Have you noticed limited access to the City’s waterfront lately due to a lack of working elevators? A motion will be coming to Council asking that we start keeping track of how many days our residents lose access to one or both elevators at the same time on our waterfront. What more can be done to ensure at least one of them is working at all times?
Special guest Coun. Paul Minhas responds to accusations that he shouldn’t have moved a motion to appoint a new chair for one of the City’s committees due to the fact he didn’t attend any of its meetings this year. You might be surprised to hear what he has to say in response to his critics.
A motion will be coming forward soon requesting the Mayor no longer hold his State of the City address in locations that prohibit access to our youth. We discuss whether it was appropriate to hold this important event in a private pay-to-access venue when other civic officials do this in publicly-owned venues or city hall. By doing so, that affords the Mayor’s council colleagues the opportunity to respond!
A motion just got passed which will help to make New West city hall more open and transparent. You’ll get to hear what the motion was all about and why it got unanimous support.
Is it time for a public inquiry into the North Shore Wastewater Treatment Plant multi-billion dollar cost overrun? A motion will be coming forward soon asking for New West’s rep (Mayor Patrick Johnstone) on the Board to demand more openness and transparency regarding how we got into this financial mess.
What does the future of our sports and recreation programs and infrastructure look like in New West over the coming decades? City council got to participate in an interesting workshop where the elected officials were asked for their opinion.
The topic of Ryall Park’s artificial turf field and Queensborough featured prominently along with a few other items that have been on the minds of local amateur and recreational sport enthusiasts. You’ll get to hear a few excerpts from the discussion that took place in council chamber.
“The Way I See It” focuses this week on New West making it on to the NDP Government’s “Naughty List”. That’s the list of BC cities that are not doing enough to build housing fast enough. Is this really the right approach? Is this too much stick and not enough carrot? Why did the Province of BC not put any new $$ on the table as an incentive?
Finally, we have a bit of fun discussing Canucks on Columbia and whether our favourite NHL team will make it to the next round. In that regard Coun. Paul Minhas makes a bold prediction, now will it come true?
All this and much more on For the Record! Be sure to let family and friends know to follow us if you like what you hear. That’s one of the reasons our audience keeps growing each and every week!
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