Mayor Sandra Masters, far right, said she is not supporting the ban.(Matt Duguid/CBC)
LeBlanc further compared taking sponsorship money from oil and gas companies to the likes of naming a building after a pack of smokes or cannabis companies. We can not allow that to happen with fossil fuel companies, whose financial interest is to push the continued use of carbon-heavy technologies, carbon-heavy fuel sources. We need to distance ourselves from that and not allow them to gain legitimacy through their association with us, LeBlanc said.
Concerns of penalizing oil and gas workers
Mayor Sandra Masters, who voted against LeBlanc s motion, said she was having a hard time comparing Shell with sex work.
Posted: Jan 21, 2021 2:42 PM CT | Last Updated: January 21
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe called a proposed amendment to the city s naming rights policy absurd, and threatened to withhold millions in municipal surcharges if it passes at next week s city council meeting. (Michael Bell/The Canadian Press)
Landon Mohl has had a change of heart.
Mohl was one of seven Regina city councillors who voted in favour of a motion raised at an executive committee meeting Wednesday to amend city policy to ban fossil fuel producers and sellers from advertising with the city or seeking sponsorship agreements.
In the city’s sponsorship policy, companies in sectors like tobacco, cannabis, pornography and weapons are also barred.
On Thursday, Mohl took to Facebook to announce he would be voting against the motion in the future.
“When I prepare for Wednesday’s council meetings, I read every word in the agenda to adequately prepare so I can make an informed decision,” the rookie councillor wrote. “Yesterday, when this fossil fuels amendment was suddenly added, I had very little time to decide or make an educated decision and I absolutely made the WRONG decision!
Posted: Dec 18, 2020 10:37 AM CT | Last Updated: December 18, 2020
Smith Street Lands Ltd. asked for a tax exemption on almost $700,000 owed to the city.(Bryan Eneas/CBC) comments
Regina city council has rejected a developer s request for a property tax reduction.
Smith Street Lands proposed buying the property formerly slated to house Capital Pointe, but said it would only do the deal if city council reduced tax penalties on it by about $692,562.60.
Those penalties have been accumulating since July 2018.
Robert Goldman, president of Smith Street Lands, and lawyers Tony Merchant and Dave Brundige all spoke to council on the request on Wednesday. City administration recommended council deny the request.