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Reader Mary Tanti receives her Peninsula News Review Wednesday morning from Publisher Jim Parker and Advertising Rep. Dale Naftel (left). PNR staff were delivering papers in celebration of International Carrier Week. Read all about it on page 5.
North Saanich relents on ballot question Joins Sidney and Central Saanich in adding amalgamation study question to Nov. 15 election ballot Steven Heywood News staff
North Saanich Mayor Alice Finall says she admires the lobbying efforts of Amalgamation Yes to push the issue of getting a question on the Nov. 15 municipal election ballot in her community. North Saanich council voted Monday night to ask its electors in a ballot referendum question if they favour asking the province
to pay for a study of the impacts of amalgamating with the Town of Sidney and District of Central Saanich. Councillor Conny McBride raised the issue last month, stating she wants to know how residents in North Saanich feel. The District was the only Saanich Peninsula holdout on a ballot question, having reiterated their desire not to add it to their ballot as recently as last month. Finall, who has been outspo-
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“If the result is a resounding ‘no’, we can tell them to go away and never come back here.” – Ted Daly ken in her opposition to putting a non-binding question on seeking a study on the good and bad of amalgamating with neighbouring communities, added her vote to a
unanimous council decision Monday night to do just that. “This is not against my principles to ask this question,” she said, adding she doesn’t see the positive outcome that Amalgamation Yes is hoping for. “We just haven’t had a tsunami of letters from residents on this,” Finall continued. “You can count them on one hand.” Councillor Ted Daly said North Saanich has come a long way,
referring to his stance years ago that the issue should be addressed in some form. Daly has stated his position on amalgamation at the time might have cost him an election. “While I credit Amalgamation Yes for pounding away at this, if the result is a resounding ‘no’, we can tell them to go away and never come back here,” Daly said. PleaSe See: Council not opposed, page 4
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