Under Government Control

What do you call it when Government controls the Citizen’s right to be heard?

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What do you call it when Government creates specific rules to stifle Citizen’s ability to present their concerns to their Council?

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What do you call it when your government uses their rules to prevent dissent from ever reaching the public through televised council meetings?

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How often does this happen? Hard to tell since citizen dissent is prevented by the government!

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We are aware of a inexcusable case where Major Ed Smith was prevented from making a valid presentation to the Niagara Regional Council for over a year, which in the end cost most of the regional councilors their job simply by not hearing dissent!
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Or the disgrace when the Council sent the Niagara Landowners Association back to their NPCA abusers.
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Polishing political image by denying freedom of speech worked well when no one was paying attention, but those days are over. Practitioners of disgraceful deceit must never again be allowed to be in a position of government authority.

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‘News Alert Niagara’ would like you to know that this spurious policy is still in place and is currently being used against Niagara Citizens.

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Here’s how it works: To make a presentation to Council you must make application, in writing, to speak to an item on the AGENDA by 09:00 AM on the Friday before the Thursday Council meeting. Your first problem lies in the fact that the AGENDA is not posted until the Monday following your application!

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In 2010 'News Alert Niagara' exposed the Niagara Regional Government when they tried to ban the Public from the Citizen’s public forum by publishing two unbelievable articles titled ‘Inventing Darkness’ followed by ‘Perpetuating Darkness’! 

http://www.niagarawinnerscircle.com/Inventing-Darkness.html

http://www.niagarawinnerscircle.com/Perpetuating-Darkness.html

Equally as important as Citizens having the right to be heard is the fact that Niagara Citizens want to hear what is going on with their government as evidenced by the results of the 2018 election!

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By definition; a government that will not hear dissent delivers ignorance!

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