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WA’l‘l-thxl CHRONICLE - Wednesday. October 29. 2008 - 7 l l Process has to be open and transparent . Continued from page 3 long way from a public groundswell for struck by Kitchener council, l amalgamation. Waterloo regional Coun. lane Mitchell l "We’re not in that type of position “There's been no clamouring from the said she doesn't think it's going anywhere l where we can say, ‘Iet's do it over a cup of electorate for local governance reform," with local politicians and the public. T H E ‘1 1 coffee.” said Strickland. “I'm not sure the appetite “It would have to come from the \)\ . Waterloo regional Coun. Sean Strick- in the community is really there for this provincial level if we were going to amalâ€" F0 RB I D D E N ?R 1 land was even more critical of the process discussion at this time. gamate and the province isn't interested struck by the City of Kitchener. especially in that right now," she said. i the fact that no regional councillors were Waterloo city Coun. Ian d'Ailly said he we can H EIP . invited to be a part of the working group n , . sat in on a meeting with Citizens for Bet- \t l ‘ other than the regional chair and the we re "at In that ter Government and the Waterloo Com- mayors. type OprSitiO" munity Council and there was no love lost TR AM ‘ BLAIR l He said the (Iity of Kitchener started a for the idea of amalgamation. If anything. D E N T U R E C L l N l C ' ‘ similar process a decade ago that ended w, 191' e we can my. the group representing local neighbour 1 in acrimony because it wasn't open and Let‘s 610 it overa hood associations said more co-operation 28 Young SlreC‘l Ev Waterloo 1 transparent, and was subject to manipu~ , ,, between various levels of government has i lation by some of the participants The Clip OfCOfiee. addressed most ofthe reform group’s con- (519) 884 '9298 } public was also missing from that discus- _ Brenda "anon", cems See the 1 sion. Mayor of "wedge “I want to make sure we don't throw D 12 l “Process is very important." said ‘ the baby out with the bath water," said entu'le . I Strickland. "In order for us to have a civil d'Ailly. “On the surface I don‘t see much Specralists Yn" ' and productive discussion it's important benefit in the plan outweighing the costs l to start it ofion the right foot “I think people are much more con- for what they're proposing.” i "I'm not sure the proposal from the cerned about the economy and issues And Waterloo city Coun. Angela Vieth . City of Kitchener is the right way to go." related to their livelihoods than they are said she wasn't elected on the amalgama- I That doesn't mean that the local about govemance reform." tion issue, and has no constituents lobby- I municipalities can't find efficiencies and That was also the consensus of other ing her on the matter. She supports the 1 look at ways of delivering better value to local councillors who responded to the City ofCambridge's decision not to panic- I l the taxpayer. But more cooperation is a Chronicle's query about the process being ipate in the working group, â€" M 1 i - 177177 5' 1 Waterloo to host Canada skills event ______,_._..__....- ; The City of Waterloo and Skills The large scale of that annual event . “an , rm: 5, U. 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