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initiatives, industries,
tourism and recreational
programs and facilities that
have benefi tted through the
years from ECBC. Marlene
Usher has been ECBC’s
acting CEO since the
departure of Beaton.
“ We do not want to be
dealing with Moncton; we
do not want to be dealing
with Halifax or the main
ACOA offi ce. We want
Enterprise Cape Breton to
stay in existence to serve
the people of Cape Breton
and would like to see an
assurance from MP Peter
MacKay, minister in charge
of ACOA and ECBC, that
Enterprise Cape Breton,
its budget and its function
continue, if anything, its
budget be increased,” said
Mayor MacLean.
Richard Gauthier of
ACOA says the ECBC
mandate review was
requested in 2006 by the
Treasury Board of Canada.
“It’s a formal mandate review
which is not something out
of the ordinary for a Crown
Corporation, though it
would be the fi rst mandate
review of ECBC since its
inception in 1987.”
Gauthier provided some
insight on the review process
School board refuses to abolish code of ethics
by Frank Macdonald
The Strait Regional
School Board will continue
to operate under its code of
ethics, including changes
to that code ordered by the
minister of education. Until
last Wednesday’s vote there
was a possibility that the
board might scrap its code
of ethics.
In December, in
response to changes dictated
by the minister, North
Inverness member Brenda
Gillis brought forward
a motion triggered by
Education Minister Karen
Casey’s September letter
ordering the Strait board to
adopt changes to its code of
ethics. The minister’s letter
contained no prior warning
of its dictatorial stand, cited
no examples leading to her
decision to order changes
to the code, and closed with
the reminder that she had to
power to suspend the board
if it did not comply with her
wishes.
In its October vote, a
divided Strait board accepted
the minister’s changes to its
code of ethics by a narrow
margin of 7-5.
In December, Brenda
Gillis brought forward
a motion that Strait
board abolish its code of
ethics. Board members
unanimously agreed to
table Gillis’s motion while
it asked for a legal opinion
from its solicitor, which was
expected before the January
meeting.
At the board’s regular
meeting in January, held on
Wednesday, the 9th, the board
had received, according to
Gillis, two separate pieces
of paper from its solicitor,
Peter MacLellan of the
Halifax fi rm of Stewart
McKelvey, and no faceto-
face meeting with the
lawyer. In addition, Gillis
pointed out, the education
minister had agreed to a
meeting with the board in
February.
Considering the pending
information the board would
have access to following a
meeting with its lawyer and
education minister Casey,
Brenda Gillis moved that
her original motion be again
tabled until the board’s
March meeting when it
would have both the legal
opinion its was seeking, as
well as the minister’s input.
Her motion to table the
original motion pending
additional input was
unexpectedly, by Gillis at
least, defeated, forcing the
vote on her motion to abolish
the code of ethics to be held,
and was defeated by a 6-
4 vote with two members
absent.
Not all board members
were happy over what they
perceived as an ambush and
a desire by the majority of
the board to be rid of the
issue surrounding its code
of ethics.
Antigonish East member
Frank Machnik tried to
understand the logic of not
allowing the motion to be
tabled until the board had
the legal opinion it asked
for by observing, “We asked
for advice to make a good
decision, and now you are
telling me we need to make
the decision without the
information. We make the
decision now and get the
information later.” Board
chair Henry Van Berkel
told the board that although
the vote had to be held at
the January meeting, the
information the board was
seeking could be obtained
later.
Brenda Gillis asked if
she would be allowed to
re-introduce the motion
once that information was
obtained and was told by the
　
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