I was listening to an interview with Naheed Nenshi on the radio a few days ago and he mentioned a rule that I found interesting. Apparently a majority of city council is not allowed to meet unless the meeting is advertised in advance and a recorder is present. This even applies to eating lunch together. Apparently it is in the Municipal Government Act and applies only to Alberta municipal governments and not provincial governments. I am not really sure where I stand on the rule but found it interesting that the provincial government wrote a rule preventing a lower level of government from doing something that they do all the time.
Do you think all government meetings should be public if they control a majority vote or is it acceptable for them to debate policy in private and then present a united front/voting block.
Doug Griffiths mentioned it during the PC debates as well in that he didn't think it was right that they would decide how to vote in public and not be allowed to change their vote during the open debate in the legislature when the other parties are allowed to present their sides.
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