Newly sworn in mayor of Tantramar Andrew Black has had quite a year, starting out as Sackville deputy mayor during the final year of the town’s legal existence, and then being elected to head up a brand new amalgamated town of Tantramar.

Black says for him, 2022 was marked by the growing crisis in housing, and he sees that issue as something that the new town of Tantramar will be more actively involved with in 2023. He also noted Sackville council’s year-long process dealing with local government reform in 2022, and stood by his decision to participate in that process and then step back from a hiring process he felt was unfair.

Black says there’s some good people on the new Tantramar council, and is excited to get started governing the new municipality.

CHMA called him up in mid-December to take a look back at 2022: