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Date: Monday, September 23, 2024 8:00 am - Sunday, September 29, 2024 8:00 am

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.