UBC Professor Patrick Condon used Facebook to circulate an opinion from former NDP Minister of Municipal Affairs, Darlene Marzari. It had been published in BC Orders of the Day, a journal for BC MLAs.
Darlene Marzari on local governments
Provincial party control of municipal councils?
Ken Boon, a respected citizen of northeastern BC, is a regular contributor to the newspaper based in Fort St. John. He is concerned about provincial political parties dictating local government policies. This is a recent column by Ken:
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Believe me, taxpayers in Greater Victoria grouse about having to pay for our treatment plant, but I suppose we were…