BC's public transit authority moves behind closed doors
January 17th, 2008 12:00am
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The new board chair of TransLink, BC's public transit authority, is coming under fire for deciding to move the provincial transit authority's previously public board meetings behind closed doors.
Dale Parker says the media and the public will no longer be allowed into regular board meetings. He says the most effective process for developing strategic plans is without the public or media present.
Parker also says it is standard practice for crown corporations to carry out board meetings in private.
"It's a matter of what can be the most effective process for developing strategic plans and then within it considering the major decisions that have to
be made."
However, Parker does say the public will be invited to address the board roughly four times a year. Parker is a former president of the Workers Compensation Board.
LINKS to media stories on this topic:
CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/01/16/bc-translink.html
CKNW(AM980): http://www.cknw.com/news/news_xml.cfm?cat=1&rss=1&rem=83542&red=80110923aPBIny&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm
Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080117.BCTRANSLINK17/TPStory/?query=Translink+meetings
Vancouver Sun:
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=b94656f2-c1d0-4f1e-ac7a-bf4e8fd8093c
The new board chair of TransLink, BC's public transit authority, is coming under fire for deciding to move the provincial transit authority's previously public board meetings behind closed doors.
Dale Parker says the media and the public will no longer be allowed into regular board meetings. He says the most effective process for developing strategic plans is without the public or media present.
Parker also says it is standard practice for crown corporations to carry out board meetings in private.
"It's a matter of what can be the most effective process for developing strategic plans and then within it considering the major decisions that have to
be made."
However, Parker does say the public will be invited to address the board roughly four times a year. Parker is a former president of the Workers Compensation Board.
LINKS to media stories on this topic:
CBC News: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/01/16/bc-translink.html
CKNW(AM980): http://www.cknw.com/news/news_xml.cfm?cat=1&rss=1&rem=83542&red=80110923aPBIny&gi=1&gm=news_local.cfm
Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080117.BCTRANSLINK17/TPStory/?query=Translink+meetings
Vancouver Sun:
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=b94656f2-c1d0-4f1e-ac7a-bf4e8fd8093c
