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Citizens rank roads, parks top Saanich priorities Continued from Page A1
Murdock says the direction Saanich is going, both in terms of food security and emergency preparedness, will help achieve the goals. “I think, in part, some of the things we’re putting in place right now, and some of the things we’ve already done, are a step in the right direction,” he said. Both the strategic plan and citizen survey are considered guiding documents – they provide direction to staff on short- and long-term goals and indicate residents’ priorities, Hvozdanski said. The citizen survey, conducted in January, found
that 92.4 per cent of people define the quality of life in Saanich as good or very good, and 89 per cent say Saanich is a good place to raise children. Respondents listed road and traffic control, parks and trails, and rec facilities as the top financial priorities. The municipal services considered most important are quality of drinking water, residential recycling and garbage collection. The survey also found that residents cite the Saanich News as their preferred way of finding out information about the municipality. To read the complete survey results, or to have a look at the draft strategic plan, visit saanich.ca. kslavin@saanichnews.com
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Negotiations were destined to fail: Lambert Continued from Page A5
“It’s unfortunate that spring break occurred right as this issue was breaking down,” Fehr said. “If there seems to be a dying off or waning in the engagement, I can tell you, it’s probably because we’re exhausted. We feel like we’re under attack.” NDP house leader John Horgan said earlier in the week the government should consider his proposal to delay the legislation and seek an independent mediator
appointed by the Labour Relations Board. Lambert says the Education Improvement Act is characterized by at least four different negative aspects. The bill curtails bargaining rights and imposes a “skewed, mockmediation” process; ignores a Supreme Court ruling on class size and composition; removes any obligation for government to adequately fund the system; and proposes a $30-million learning improvement fund – $137 million less than would be required to compensate for
inflationary costs over a year’s time, Lambert said. “We cannot understand why government would table such a legislation, and we cannot understand why they would ram it through the legislature,” she said. “The only thing I can conclude is that government has been in control of these negotiations since the start, and since the start has made sure that they failed so that we could get legislation, so that they could legislate us back to work.” -–with files from Tom Fletcher nnorth@saanichnews.com
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