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Council pay and publicly financed election campaigns: Morning File, Thursday, March 23, 2017

March 23, 2017 By Tim Bousquet 17 Comments

News 1. Council pay and publicly financed election campaigns On Tuesday, Halifax councillor Shawn Cleary tried to revisit the ever-contentious issue of council pay, asking for a freeze on councillors’ salary until the issue can be studied again, but his motion was voted down. I had already left the meeting, but as Jacob Boon reports for […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Calvin Lawrence, council pay, Graham Steele, Jacob Boon, James Mirtle, Joyce Ross, justification for paywall, online advertising, Opposition leaders, publicly financed election campaigns, rejecting advertising, Russell Walker, Saint Thomas United Baptist Church, Shawn Cleary, subscription model, The Athletic

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