{"id":42842,"date":"2021-03-02T09:08:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T14:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=42842"},"modified":"2021-03-12T15:51:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T20:51:10","slug":"so-little-substantive-information-in-srd-budget-that-she-cannot-do-her-job-director-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/so-little-substantive-information-in-srd-budget-that-she-cannot-do-her-job-director-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"So little substantive information in SRD budget that she cannot do her job, director claims"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roy L Hales<\/p>\n

For the first time in her 13 years as\u00a0Cortes Island\u2019s Regional Director,\u00a0 Noba Anderson<\/a> writes that there is so little substantive information in the Strathcona Regional District budget that she cannot do her job. Anderson made this comment in a report<\/a>, in which she alleges witnessing the erosion of the budgeting process over the last number of years.<\/p>\n

\"Regional<\/a>

Screenshot of Regional Director Anderson taken during one of the many Cortes Island community ZOOM conferences during the spring of 2020. Photo by CKTZ.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cThis year, I see essentially no room for informed director input,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Consequently, Anderson will be voting against this budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter our last Board meeting, I asked both the\u00a0Chair of the Board<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Chair of EASC<\/a>\u00a0(Electoral Areas Services Committee) to discuss the matters below with me. Both declined,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

This is not the only concern Anderson raised in her report to the board.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy provincial legislation, it is my understanding that we are supposed to update our core long-range planning documents every 5 years\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

She provided a list of delinquent planning documents:<\/p>\n