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Political involvement stance and 2006 Work Plan
discussed at March
2, 2006 RCOC Meeting
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At its March 2nd monthly meeting,
the Rural Council of Ottawa-Carleton discussed its official policy
with regard to political involvement.
It was important that such a
conversation be held, given that municipal election fever is already
sweeping the city.
It was unanimously agreed that it
was not part of the Rural Council's mandate to officially support or
recommend individual candidates or candidate slates, during the
upcoming municipal election. Candidate preferences are bound to be
different, within the RCOC membership, and it is a matter of
personal choice who one votes for. The organization believes it is
in the best interest of our clearly expressed respect for democracy,
to encourage members to actively voice their own personal
preferences, for their own personal reasons.
Having said that, though, Rural
Council interim president, Bruce Webster, expressed that our Mission
Statement clearly mandates that we hold steadfast to remaining politically involved in
protecting rural interests ---"through education, advocacy and
political leverage".
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Our Mission
Statement: |
The
Rural Council of Ottawa-Carleton is a coalition of
rural citizens and organizations representing
communities, property owners and small business,
dedicated to the preservation and protection of
rural rights, values and freedom from unwarranted
urban regulation, through education, advocacy and
political leverage.
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Work plan Sub-Committee:
Bruce Collier provided the following list for the Rural Council
workplan; some issues were added at the meeting. The sub-committee
was asked to prioritize the work plan items.
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1.
Biosolids
2.
Dump Site
3.
Designation of water
access
paths
4.
Greenspace master
plan
5.
Boat Bypass
6.
Broadband internet
access
7.
Basic Services
8.
Pathways project
9.
Goulbourn Wetlands
10.
Rural Council Communications
and Marketing
(internal/external)
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11.
Communicating
with the City
12.
Clean
Water Act
13.
Aberdeen Farmers’ Market
14.
Improving Governance / political
accountability
15.
Fundraising
16.
Better access to
city staff
17.
Food inspections
18.
Bylaw harmonization
19.
City of Ottawa
Budget
20.
Property rights
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