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When a right to information request results in more records than you expected.
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Bruce Fitch, previously minister of Social Development, is the new health minister. Shephard takes over his former portfolio. The health authority boards have been replaced by trustees.
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My story this morning that required a right to information request, a complaint to the ombud when the province wouldn’t release the report, and patience. #cdnfoi
Organigram didn't regularly clean cooling towers linked to 2019 legionnaires' outbreak: ift.tt/3BWm18n
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Thanks to @kdonk for her help in finding some previous rulings I cited as part of the complaint. If you’re curious what a complaint looks like, here’s the one filed for this report:
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Background on the complaint in this story from last summer: cbc.ca/news/canada/new-bruns…
The tweet indicates RCMP in the Moncton area are issuing the alert, though the children were last seen in the Miramichi area.
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Some context about what triggers an Amber Alert from the RCMP website:
"Restructuring will be coming," Daniel Allain, the province's minister of local governance reform, told reporters Friday. Allain said the government will cut the number of local governance entities from 340 to fewer than 100. That suggests some level of amalgamation is coming.
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Allain spoke to municipal leaders last month. The Union or Municipalities of New Brunswick tweeted his comments, including a suggestion the figure would be between 50 and 100 entities following reforms. That tweet was later deleted.
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I didn't get into the details in the story, but replacing older water and sewer lines has been taking place regularly across the city. A 2018 report shows some of the infrastructure we rely on for drinking water and to flush away our waste is very, very old.
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The city has also been separating storm water from the sewer system. That reduces the amount that needs to be sent and treated by TransAqua and adds capacity to the system to deal with heavy rain or flooding. But it's costly. It represents the bulk of the $32M in this story.
Here’s what led to Moncton city council going into a private meeting Monday night:
Moncton councillor's conduct, comments about city committee member under review: ift.tt/3BL3vAm
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As a reminder, these private meetings are closed to media and the public. Any decisions made at these meetings need to be voted on during a public meeting, which is usually the only hint we get about what's occurred behind closed doors.
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A city spokesperson says "the potential Code of Ethics and Conduct violation has been referred to the Integrity Commissioner retained by the Cities Association of New Brunswick for investigation." No other details given.
Almost immediately after Moncton council started tonight, councillors have just voted to move into a private meeting. Frank Vandenburg, chair of the city's enhancing democracy committee, was speaking about recent issues at a committee meeting.
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So to reiterate, the motion calls for the city to hire an expert next year to review policing services. The section on pausing construction of the new police station was removed.
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