It sure seems that way. The most recent announcement in the Woolwich Observer for next Thursday's TAG meeting appears to be only offering a Zoom meeting or a toll free telephone participation. Considering that in-person Delegations plus citizens sitting at Woolwich Council meetings in person it begs the question as to why not for Committees of Council such as RAC and TAG. The obvious answer is that Lanxess and the Ministry of Environment (MECP) are still antsy about certain local citizens participating live in these environmental meetings. This of course happens when you lie like dogs and refuse to honestly answer serious and relevant questions from citizens. Of course Sandy and others will continue to disparage citizens who are better informed and more honest than they are. Plus Sandy and friends want to keep Lanxess and the provincial government (MECP) happy in order to share in grants and provincial money available to cooperative municipalities.
It's all about control. A nasty Chairperson can order a citizen out of a Council meeting but there is always the chance that the citizen will not take kindly to that suggestion. With virtual meetings Sandy and other anti-democratic individuals can simply pull the audio and visual plug and nobody really knows where you went or what happened. Liars and manipulators prefer not to be too public with their dirty work when at all possible.
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