A Comment to Niagara At Large from Bob Milenkoff, a resident in the Niagara, Ontario community of Welland who, along with many other residents across Niagara, has been pressing for more openness and accountability from the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
Robert Milenkoff at one of many rallies over the past two years, demanding accountability for what happens to the millions of dollars the NPCA receives through municipal taxes, file photo by Doug Draper
Posted September 26th, 2018
(St. Catharines) Regional Councillor Bruce Timms (who is also member and former chair of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s board of directors) once stated that the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority (NPCA) was a model agency for all Conservation Authorities across Ontario to follow, and that to have an audit done would be a waste of taxpayers’ money.
That money (Timms insisted) would be better spent on planting trees.
This Thursday, September 27 when the Auditor General releases her report on the NPCA audit we will all find out if there was any truth to Mr. Timms statement.
– Robert Milenkoff
Coyle Creek area in Welland/Niagara
A Footnote from Niagara At Large – Bob Milenkoff shared the above comment with Niagara At Large after NAL posted the following news brief on this online news and commentary site, which you can read by clicking on – https://niagaraatlarge.com/2018/09/25/ontario-auditor-general-plans-to-unveil-results-of-special-audit-on-npca-on-thursday-september-27th/ .
Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk will be tabling the findings of a detailed audit her team has done on the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority’s operations this Thursday, September 27th, 2018, at around 1 p.m. in the Queen’s Park legislature. Niagara At Large will be posting detailed news and commentary on the findings of that audit this Thursday and in the days ahead.)
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Thanks to people like Bob Milenkoff. the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority may finally be held to account. If such were possible, I would highly recommend Mr. Milenkoff be given a prominent role on the Authority.
Clearly, he is willing to be fully accountable for his decisions!
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