Catherine Tully
In her first year on the job, Nova Scotia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Catherine Tully has made some remarkable progress in addressing the nearly decade-long backlog of Freedom of Information requests. Still, she acknowledges there’s a long way to go.
Also, Halifax Transit chief Eddie Robar resigns for greener pastures in Edmonton, Fort Needham Park gets a facelift just in time for the Sobeys™ Halifax Explosion Party and Halifax finally stands up to billionaire CFAs and all their filthy money.
Russell, what’s this “Sobey Halifax Explosion Party”? Have we sold our history to big business along with all our public buildings? What’s next – BEEMO HRM?
Halifax is finally getting serious about ‘branding’ its most valuable commodity: history. Sloan is being commissioned to pen the Explosion Anthem, hipsters will be getting the Explosion logo tattooed on their forearms, and McDonald’s will be rolling out its limited-edition ‘Boom Burger’ next spring.
Huge yes, Tim, to your FOIPP-related comment, “My sense, though, is that we need a cultural change here, more than a legal change.”