Iqaluit council should exercise discretion when people want to be heard

Iqaluit council should exercise discretion when people want to be heard

The City of Iqaluit’s summertime campaign to make residents better-informed about the mysterious world of municipal governance smells like damage control after councillors wouldn’t hear dozens of residents who wanted to speak about a change the animal control bylaw council voted on last month. The city launched what it calls a “summer learning series” to help people “become familiar with how city council meetings work and how decisions are made.…