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He offers some excellent suggestions on improving the questions to councillors. If you haven't done so already, please send emails to the councillors. Their email addresses at the end of this email. If possible, please phrase your comments or questions to the councillors in your own words. Richard Richard: Your questions to the Ottawa councillors about the proposed NATO parliamentary meeting in Ottawa are sound as accountability questions on behalf of Ottawa's citizens. I would suggest, however, if you haven't done so, to send the letter specifically to the Mayor/Chair as Mayor, and ask him to reply to each of your questions on behalf of the Corporation (ie Council). As Terry Cottam found with his MAI questions to MPs, they can individually simply not answer. But the Corporation's statutory head has a public answering obligation for a legitimate relevant question put to the decision-making group he chairs. You could send a copy of the letter to David Pugliese, the Citizen's military reporter, and ask him to follow the story. I would modify the questions to (Chiarelli? -- living now in Victoria's idyllic Oak Bay I can't even remember his name for sure) somewhat, just to close answering escape hatches and help prevent fog in response. (1) Has the City of Ottawa conducted a "risk assessment," at a level of rigour equivalent to Victoria's and, if so, what was its scope, who did it, and what was the result? If the Corporation hasn't done this, were Council members given a copy of Victoria's assessment and what was the Council's response to that information? (2) What costs does the City of Ottawa expect to incur by hosting this NATO-related event, ie, what type and amount of costs has the federal government committed itself to pay, and what costs would the citizens of Ottawa have to pay that would not be reimbursed? Has the Corporation's estimates of money flowing into city businesses and the Corporation from the event been publicly certified by the Corporation's auditor? (3) What has been the nature and extent of the discussion in Council regarding financial and security problems associated with holding this event? (4) Considering the financial stresses faced by our city and the risk to the reputation of Ottawa's police who would be responsible for security, wouldn't our limited resources be better spent serving the needs of the people of Ottawa rather than hosting an event which will face large public protests? I would suggest a further overall "who" question to the Chair, based on Ursula Frankin's 1987 "Whose benefits and whose costs" question: (5) In a simple statement, drafted in the form you think adequate for Council and public challenge, would you please set out: - who would gain, how, from Ottawa's hosting of this event, (a) financially and (b) in other ways? - who would bear what costs and risks from the event, and why they should? I would then send a copy of the letter to Councillors Arnold, Cullen and Munter (likely the most receptive) and ask them to put a motion before council ( or by some faster summer means) requiring that the Corporation's Chair respond to your questions -- BEFORE Council takes its decision. Your letter holds fairly to account, and I salute you for it, as Terry would have. Henry McCandless, Alliance for Public Accountability ------ You can cut and paste these into the "To:" part of your email. (I've heard that the other list that I circulated may not have worked unless you removed the commas): [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Richard Sanders Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) A national peace network supported by individuals and organizations across Canada 541 McLeod St., Ottawa Ontario K1R 5R2 Canada Tel.: 613-231-3076 Fax: 613-231-2614 Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web site: <http://www.ncf.ca/coat> Help build opposition to NATO PA meetings in Ottawa, Oct. 5-8, 2001! 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I received the following letter from Henry McCandless, of the Alliance for Public Accountability. Henry used to work for the Auditor General's office. He offers some excellent suggestions on improving the questions to councillors. If you haven't done so already, please send emails to the councillors. Their email addresses at the end of this email. If possible, please phrase your comments or questions to the councillors in your own words. Richard Richard: Your questions to the Ottawa councillors about the proposed NATO parliamentary meeting in Ottawa are sound as accountability questions on behalf of Ottawa's citizens. I would suggest, however, if you haven't done so, to send the letter specifically to the Mayor/Chair as Mayor, and ask him to reply to each of your questions on behalf of the Corporation (ie Council). As Terry Cottam found with his MAI questions to MPs, they can individually simply not answer. But the Corporation's statutory head has a public answering obligation for a legitimate relevant question put to the decision-making group he chairs. You could send a copy of the letter to David Pugliese, the Citizen's military reporter, and ask him to follow the story. I would modify the questions to (Chiarelli? -- living now in Victoria's idyllic Oak Bay I can't even remember his name for sure) somewhat, just to close answering escape hatches and help prevent fog in response. (1) Has the City of Ottawa conducted a "risk assessment," at a level of rigour equivalent to Victoria's and, if so, what was its scope, who did it, and what was the result? If the Corporation hasn't done this, were Council members given a copy of Victoria's assessment and what was the Council's response to that information? (2) What costs does the City of Ottawa expect to incur by hosting this NATO-related event, ie, what type and amount of costs has the federal government committed itself to pay, and what costs would the citizens of Ottawa have to pay that would not be reimbursed? Has the Corporation's estimates of money flowing into city businesses and the Corporation from the event been publicly certified by the Corporation's auditor? (3) What has been the nature and extent of the discussion in Council regarding financial and security problems associated with holding this event? (4) Considering the financial stresses faced by our city and the risk to the reputation of Ottawa's police who would be responsible for security, wouldn't our limited resources be better spent serving the needs of the people of Ottawa rather than hosting an event which will face large public protests? I would suggest a further overall "who" question to the Chair, based on Ursula Frankin's 1987 "Whose benefits and whose costs" question: (5) In a simple statement, drafted in the form you think adequate for Council and public challenge, would you please set out: - who would gain, how, from Ottawa's hosting of this event, (a) financially and (b) in other ways? - who would bear what costs and risks from the event, and why they should? I would then send a copy of the letter to Councillors Arnold, Cullen and Munter (likely the most receptive) and ask them to put a motion before council ( or by some faster summer means) requiring that the Corporation's Chair respond to your questions -- BEFORE Council takes its decision. Your letter holds fairly to account, and I salute you for it, as Terry would have. Henry McCandless, Alliance for Public Accountability ------ You can cut and paste these into the "To:" part of your email. (I've heard that the other list that I circulated may not have worked unless you removed the commas): [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Richard Sanders Coordinator, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) A national peace network supported by individuals and organizations across Canada 541 McLeod St., Ottawa Ontario K1R 5R2 Canada Tel.: 613-231-3076 Fax: 613-231-2614 Email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web site: <http://www.ncf.ca/coat> Help build opposition to NATO PA meetings in Ottawa, Oct. 5-8, 2001! Join the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" list serve: Send the message: subscribe no_to_nato to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribe by sending an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the following command in the BODY of your message: unsubscribe no_to_nato
