By Pepper Parr
March 2nd, 2026
BURLINGTON, ON
What kind of a Council meeting was it?
Galbraith was ready to walk. The squabbling was more than he wanted to put up with.
Well, for Kelven Galbraith, it got to the point where he said he was going to walk out if the bickering continued.
And there was certainly a lot of bickering.
Councillor Nisan claimed that the Mayor was spreading disinformation by saying that estimated on the financial side of what a deferral of Development Charges would be ranged fron $4 millio to $43 million
The Mayor said the actual number was just one tenth (1/10) of that.
Nisan wanted a retraction. The Mayor wasn’t going to comply with that request.
Nisan wanted a retraction or demanded that the mayor reveal her source.
The Mayor did just that.
Nisan said her data was wrong.
At the close of the meeting, Mayor Meed Ward said what had taken place was democracy in action.
Not everyone would see it that way.
But they did come up with an approach to getting houses built without deferring development charges.
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I wish he would walk – permanently!
It may be that he should have walked.
He has a pecuniary interest in development charges – both potential cost and loss and he should not even talk about it them at Council. Stricltly speaking, I think he should recuse himself until he asks advice from the integrity commissioner.
Given the situation, he would do everyone a favour, and, and maybe some little bit of trust, if he asked the IC for Advice on the matter. I have not looked to see if he has declared an interest at Council meetings start. Can he tell us?
Editor’s note: He has and I think it is about time that we lay off the guy. The property we are talking about is directly across the road from two properties he owns. When there is a vote he will recuse himself. If people don’t like the fact that he is not able to vote on matters that you feel are important – then find another candidate for the October election.
Squabble….. squabble ……. squabble
And they get paid for that !!!!!!1