Transparent democracy something to be cherished

Dear

Editor

Having read the News-Optimist front page headline April 13, I at first felt it was unfortunate that the Blades/ Pats Hockey game was pre-empted on Access Now TV in favour of broadcasting the North Battleford regular Monday council meet-ing.

However, on second thought, I have always envied those communities like North Battleford that broadcast their council meetings. North Battleford is lucky to have open transparent municipal governance. Democracies are not always as open and transparent. We need to guard against our right to information being chipped mainstream media. Is that a leader who believes in transparency or democracy? Unfortunately, Pierre is a great complainer, but when it comes to real solutions, well, he just doesn’t seem to have any.

Erik Hansen Unity

away. We need more openness and transparency and more people paying attention if we cherish our democratic rights.

Valerie M. Tootoosis Bull Little Pine First Nation

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