Tag: Policy

GUELPH POLITICAST #475 – Know Your Policy: Flags and Information Access

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The City of Guelph is a system, a system that’s built on rules. Or policies, procedures and protocol to be more precise. Some of those systems dictate how city council functions, some of them lay out how local government should engage with the community, and some of them tell you what flags you can fly and when they should be lowered to half-mast. It’s time again to play roulette with the policy wheel and get smarter in the process. Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #475 – Know Your Policy: Flags and Information Access” →

GUELPH POLITICAST #465 – How Do You Fill a Council Vacancy?

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These are busy days at Politico HQ. There’s a federal election on right now, and Guelph has become so big that it’s spread over two ridings with so far a dozen candidates vying to be the next Members of Parliament. If one candidate in particular is successful then that means there will be a vacancy on Guelph city council. What happens then? Continue reading “GUELPH POLITICAST #465 – How Do You Fill a Council Vacancy?” →