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Proclamation - Right to Know Week Sept 22 - 29, 2025

Published: September 22, 2025

PROCLAMATION

  pdf RIGHT TO KNOW WEEK(36 KB)  - September 22 to September 28, 2025

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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 information 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 formulation, ensure fairness in government decision-making and permit the airing and reconciliation of divergent views; and

WHEREAS the Town of Oxford joins all other Canadian jurisdictions and democracies worldwide 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 22 to September 28, 2025, to be Right to Know Week in the Town of Oxford.

Dated at Oxford, Nova Scotia

September 22, 2025