By Pepper Parr
October 19th, 2024
BURLINGTON, ON
The city is looking for people they can put on the several Advisory Committees .
The following are open for new blood.
Expect the interest in the Burlington Accessibility Advisory Committee
- Burlington Agriculture and Rural Affairs Advisory Committee
- Burlington Cycling Advisory Committee
- Burlington Downtown Parking Advisory Committee
- Burlington Integrated Transportation Advisory Committee
- Burlington Mundialization Committee
- Burlington Seniors Advisory Committee
- Burlington Sustainable Development Advisory Committee (10 vacancies)
- Heritage Burlington Advisory Committee
- Inclusivity Advisory Committee
Expect the interest in the Mundialization Committee to increase. As long as you have a passport and a friend on Council you have a decent chance of being made a member and a really good chance to travel to either Holland or Japan – unless of course the city does the responsible thing and reviews the Mundialization mandate and objective.
Councillors Nissan and Galbraith didn’t appear to know what was appropriate attire.
Should you get appointed to the Mundialization Committee do try hard not to be the embarrassment that two of the city councillors have been so far this visit.
What has taken place in Japan so far this year is an embarrassment.
First it took days to determine who was actually going to represent the city on the three day trip. The four who made the trip were the Mayor, Councillors Galbraith and Nisan and the City CAO, Hassaan Basit .
These cherry trees were given to Burlington by a Japanese citizen.
There was no mention as to why they were not at the City Council meeting on Tuesday. One would have thought it was something to be proud of – members of Council were going to be in Japan – that was the city that donated those splendid cherry trees in Spencer Smith Park.
Instead they sort of snuck out of town like someone doing a moonlight flit on their landlord because they were months behinds on their rent. For a City Council with experienced photo op practitioners – they seemed to have decided to say as little as they could about the event.
Councillor Nisan finally found his suit.
Mayor Meed Ward did send something out on one of her social media feeds but didn’t mention all the people who were on the “junket”.
We know very little about what they are doing each day – there is nothing in the way of a media feed. The city comms people haven’t sent out a thing.
Hope the members of Council don’t expect a welcome-home crowd at the airport when they land.
It is quite insulting to the Japanese if you dress for Golf rather than Shirt/Tie/Suite at a business meeting.
Every one on this expensive trip should be required to complete a report for the pubic to clearly state what the objectives were and what exactly was achieved.
This program needs a thorough review to determine if it worth our tax dollars.
Agree undersstand there is quite a hefty budget that began in much better days than this for the families of Burlington.