Right to Know Week

PROCLAMATION
RIGHT TO KNOW WEEK
September 23 to September 29, 2024

WHEREAS the Town of Oxford has adopted the principles of openness, transparency and accountability; and

WHEREAS Part XX of the Municipal Government Act gives citizens a right of access to infonnation in the custody or under the control of the Town of Oxford; and

WHEREAS access to information ensures citizens of Nova Scotia have the opportunity for meaningful participation in the democratic process; and

WHEREAS a celebration of the right of citizens to access information will facilitate informed public participation in policy fonnulation, ensure fairness in government decision-making and pennit the airing and reconciliation of divergent views; and

WHEREAS the Town of Oxford joins all other Canadian jurisdictions and democracies world-wide in acknowledging international Right to Know Week;

THEREFORE be it resolved that I, Greg Henley, Mayor, for the Town of Oxford, do hereby proclaim September 23 to September 29, 2024, to be Right to Know Week in the Town of Oxford.

Dated at Oxford, Nova Scotia
September 23, 2024

Greg Henley, Mayor

Town of Oxford.