{"id":5224,"date":"2025-10-21T18:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northhatley.info\/?p=5224"},"modified":"2025-10-21T18:16:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:16:17","slug":"city-council-50-of-councilors-have-left-their-posts-since-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northhatley.info\/en\/2025\/10\/21\/city-council-50-of-councilors-have-left-their-posts-since-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"City council: 50% of councilors have left their posts since 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over four years, <strong>4 of the 8<\/strong> people who held council seats resigned (<strong>50%<\/strong>). In the same period, <strong>2 of the 6<\/strong> city councilor seats (<strong>33%<\/strong>) were filled <strong>by acclamation<\/strong> due to a lack of candidates\u2014so no election was held.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some may say that I am attacking elected officials. However, the resignations occurred before NorthHatley.info arrived on the scene.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Resignations of candidates<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Minutes reference<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>October 4, 2022<\/td><td>Resignation of Mme Nathalie Meunier<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northhatley.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PV-2022-10-04-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Hatley village<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>November 17, 2022<\/td><td>Resignation of Mme Sophie Brasiola<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northhatley.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/PV-2022-11-17.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Hatley village<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>December 13, 2024<\/td><td>Resignation of M. David Wilson<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northhatley.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/PV-2025-01-13.pdf\">North Hatley village<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May 27, 2025<\/td><td>Resignation of Mme Carrol Houlzet-Haller<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northhatley.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/PV-2025-06-02.pdf\">North Hatley village<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do these situations arise by chance? Several people <strong>mention a difficult political climate<\/strong>, sometimes marked by tension and a <strong>lack of dialogue within the council itself<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ask the councilors who have left. As citizens, I believe we have the right\u2014and even the duty\u2014to ask the right questions to improve our local democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Democracy does not thrive in a climate of tension and fear. <br>What is happening?<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over four years, 4 of the 8 people who held council seats resigned (50%). In the same period, 2 of the 6 city councilor seats (33%) were filled by acclamation due to a lack of candidates\u2014so no election was held. Some may say that I am attacking elected officials. 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