This is an ariticle about citizens taking a stand and challenging their elected officials. Here are some quotes that should make us think:
An unprecedented abuse of taxpayer dollars by the City of Brampton’s former top executives, who approved secretive non-union bonuses worth $1.25 million—including payments for “favouritism” that could have gone to themselves—has been revealed in an internal audit report.
City’s audit committee to tackle $1.25M in staff bonuses that could not be tracked
Brampton residents, councillors demand police probe into secret $1.25M staff fund
Municipalities have set up private corporations to run quasi-public businesses like companies. Cobourg has set up Holdco this way. Here is an article on why and some of the pitfalls.
The Private Lives of Quasi-Public Agencies
Here is an extract from the article:
“They were supposed to be outside of government, yet beholden to it.
The Foxes Will Never Fix The Hen House Of Democracy
Highlights of the article:
Innisfil is a municipality near Barrie where their Council determined that a bus system would be too expensive. They have contracted with Uber to provide an alternative public transit system. It is this type of creative thinking that we admire.
One major difference from Cobourg is that Innisfil does not currently have a transit system.
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