Close X
Thursday, November 14, 2024
ADVT 
National

Calgary City Council Appoints Ethics And Integrity Advisers

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 12 Apr, 2016 12:26 PM
  • Calgary City Council Appoints Ethics And Integrity Advisers
Calgary city council has appointed an integrity commissioner as well as an ethics adviser.
 
Mayor Naheed Nenshi says the positions will help improve openness, transparency and accountability at city hall.
 
The ethics job is going to Prof. Alice Woolley, an associate dean at the University of Calgary faculty of law.
 
Allen Sulatycky, a one-time Alberta MP and former Court of Queen's Bench justice, will serve as integrity commissioner.
 
He will be responsible for investigating potential ethics matters related to city council.
 
The ethics adviser is to provide advice and educate council and the public on the expectations for elected municipal officials.

MORE National ARTICLES

Prominent Canadian Diving Coach Gets Conditional Sentence For Sex Offences Against Minor

Prominent Canadian Diving Coach Gets Conditional Sentence For Sex Offences Against Minor
Forty-six-year-old Trevor Palmatier was convicted last year of three charges, including sexual touching a young person and buying sex from a young person

Prominent Canadian Diving Coach Gets Conditional Sentence For Sex Offences Against Minor

B.C. Woman Is Killed In Chain-Reaction Crash On Highway 7 Where Truck Dumps Its Load

B.C. Woman Is Killed In Chain-Reaction Crash On Highway 7 Where Truck Dumps Its Load
RCMP say a car driven by a 31-year-old man from Agassiz collided with a commercial truck carrying a load of particle board, causing the truck to tip.

B.C. Woman Is Killed In Chain-Reaction Crash On Highway 7 Where Truck Dumps Its Load

Growing B.C. Economy Leaves Room For Higher Hike To Minimum Wage: Jobs Minister Shirley Bond

Growing B.C. Economy Leaves Room For Higher Hike To Minimum Wage: Jobs Minister Shirley Bond
The current minimum wage is $10.45 per hour, the second lowest in the country behind $10.30 in New Brunswick.

Growing B.C. Economy Leaves Room For Higher Hike To Minimum Wage: Jobs Minister Shirley Bond

Finance Minister Bill Morneau Says Review Of Federal Tax Breaks Is Coming

Morneau's big-spending, big-borrowing blueprint has fiscal hawks complaining that spiralling debt, increased taxes or both will be the inevitable outcome of projected deficits in the $100-billion range over the next four years.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau Says Review Of Federal Tax Breaks Is Coming

The Young, The Old, The Sick: 3 Ways Politics Touched Canadians This Week

The Young, The Old, The Sick: 3 Ways Politics Touched Canadians This Week
Two deadly bombs had just exploded in Brussels. Then Rob Ford died.

The Young, The Old, The Sick: 3 Ways Politics Touched Canadians This Week

Most Canadian Millennials Consider Home Ownership Important, Says Poll

Most Canadian Millennials Consider Home Ownership Important, Says Poll
The survey shows 86 per cent of millennials view home ownership as important even though 42 per cent of them are renting and 21 per cent live with their parents.

Most Canadian Millennials Consider Home Ownership Important, Says Poll