Agriculture and farmland protection are more than buzzwords for me. My summers growing up were spent visiting my grandparents’ farms in Southern Manitoba, instilling a lifelong love of agriculture and rural places. So when I had the opportunity to join a research team looking at farmland loss and how to stop it in 2002, I […]
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For the first time ever, Centre Wellington is going into an election where Strong Mayor Powers (SMP) are in play. These powers significantly change the role of the Mayor from ‘just one voice on Council’ to having almost unilateral control over a number of decisions and procedures. So what exactly are Strong Mayor Powers? Strong […]
A few people have asked me whether my husband’s work at a Kitchener-based planning firm would interfere in my ability to serve as Mayor of Centre Wellington. The question is whether I would be in a position where my duty to serve the public might conflict with my interest (or my husband’s interest) in a […]