HRM and the AG Report – What You Can Do

June 14, 2011 Waye Mason Commercial Use, Halifax, Nova Scotia Politics, Opinion & Blogitorial 1

If HRM Council must act quickly to restore public confidence in our elected government.

The path forward difficult (I wrote about it here), but Council must work to resolve this in a way that shows that politicians are responsible for their actions, and elected politicians will be held accountable.

A LOT OF COUNCILLORS ARE ON THE FENCE. You can play a role in helping raise the pressure on councillors to act in our best interests by letting them know what you think.

What can you do? Email your councilor.  Send a short email to your councilor demanding:

  • a public debate of the full HRM Council
  • a vote of censure of Mayor Peter Kelly, and
  • forwarding of the file to the RCMP for further investigation and/or the appropriate committee of the Provincial Legislature.
Streatch, Steven dist 1 E Shore-Musquodoboit Hbr streats@halifax.ca
Dalrymple, Barry dist 2 Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank barry.dalrymple@halifax.ca
Hendsbee, David dist 3 Preston-Lawrencetown-Chez hendsbd@halifax.ca
Lorelei  Nicoll dist 4 Cole Harbour Lorelei.Nicoll@halifax.ca
McCluskey, Gloria dist 5 Dartmouth Centre mcclusg@halifax.ca
Fisher, Darren dist 6 E Dartmouth-The Lakes darren.fisher@halifax.ca
Karsten, Bill dist 7 Portland-East Woodlawn karsteb@halifax.ca
Barkhouse, Jackie dist 8 Woodside-Eastern Passage barkhoj@halifax.ca
Smith, Jim dist 9 Albro Lake-Harbourview smithj@halifax.ca
Wile, Mary dist 10 Clayton Pk W wilema@halifax.ca
Blumenthal, Jerry dist 11 Hfx Northend blumenj@halifax.ca
Sloane, Dawn Marie dist 12 Hfx-Downtown sloaned@halifax.ca
Uteck, Susan dist 13 NW Arm-Southend utecks@halifax.ca
Watts, Jennifer dist 14 Connaught-Quinpool jennifer.watts@halifax.ca
Walker, Russell dist 15 Fairview-Clayton Pk walkerr@halifax.ca
Hum, Debbie dist 16 Rockingham-Wentworth humd@halifax.ca
Mosher, Linda dist 17 Purcell’s Cove-Armdale mosherl@halifax.ca
Adams, Stephen D. dist 18 Spryfield-Herring Cove adamss@halifax.ca
Johns, Brad dist 19 Middle&Uppr Sckvlle-Lucsvlle johnsbr@halifax.ca
Harvey, Robert P. dist 20 Lower Sackville harveyb@halifax.ca
Tim Outhit dist 21 Bedford outhitt@halifax.ca
Rankin, Reg dist 22 Timberlea-Prospect rankinr@halifax.ca
Peter Lund dist 23 Hammonds Plains-St Mrgrt’s peter.lund@halifax.ca

 

If you do not know who your councilor is, you can look him or her up here:

http://eservices.halifax.ca/districtLookup/

 

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