Hallway diplomacy for Haldimand County at municipal conference
Hallway diplomacy for Haldimand County at municipal conference

By J.P. Anonaccil Local Journalism Initiative Reporter  29/08/2024 09:47 Haldimand County councillors raised eyebrows when they barred independent MPP Bobbi Ann Brady from meetings with provincial cabinet ministers at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) conference in Ottawa last week. In June, council voted to exclude  Brady, who represents Haldimand-Norfolk, from the annual conference  over fears her presence would anger Premier Doug Ford — with whom she has publicly sparred at Queen’s Park — and hurt the municipality’s chances of getting provincial dollars. But Brady went to AMO anyway, and was soon in the thick of things alongside Haldimand Mayor Shelley Ann Bentley. “In the first five minutes we were at AMO, we ran into Prabmeet Sarkaria, the minister of transportation,” Brady told The Spectator. “We went right up

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