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© BOPINION The IFP - Halton Hills | Thursday, August 18, 2022 | MUCH MORE IS ACHIEVED WITH COLLABORATE EFFORT, WRITES RICK BONNETTE < ~ RICK BONNETTE. Column The municipal ‘ election is just around with election an on “Oct Halton Hills will be electing a new mayor, as you know. After 19 years on the job, Tam not seeking re. MORE POWER FOR MAYORS A CONCERN fruition, there will be a trickle-down fect, be- cause other mayors will want the same power granted to their colleagues. ;, Ihave always been a consensus builder ith my council col- leagues. You get more ac- complished with a collabo- rative approach. Some mayors may have a more dictatorial style if this concept. Doing so, in my opinion, isa move away froma Gomocratic Process. The + couneillor ‘has one vote and they can advo- cate for their wards equally. Ibet many mayors would love more power. To me, it would be the worst thing that could happen to local municipal government. At the end of the day, a election. councillors and new candi: mad announcement that should be of interest to yu. He suggested that the mayors of Toronto and Ot- tay powers, including the abil- ity to veto council deci- sions. This would put these mayors with, in my opin- ion, U.S.-style mayor pow- ers ers that you often see in the mo obe fait, the ¢ devil isin Sthe details. my : words, if ‘tts ‘denne aes to mayor same as their council ‘col- leagues — as it should be. Ona light note, after two years, the Rock'n Roll Clas- sics Car Show is back. Or- ganizers are celebrating their 21st anni at 5 p. m. on Main Street in downtown Georgetown. There ek bea 50/5 50 raf fle in s Georgetown. veespital aS door prizes and awards for car owners. I hope you will have a chance to drop by and support this very pop- ular event. Rick Bonnette is the mayor of Halton Hills. Follow him on Twitter at @RickBonnettel and Ir In: stagram at @rick_bo: TO LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR OWN CONTENT VISIT THEIFPCA SNAPSHOT a Tony Fortunato photo Ared squirrel enjoys an apple in a backyard on Trafalgar Road in Georgetown. Do you have a great local photo you'd like to share? Send it to sleblanc@metroland.com, along with a brief ion. descriptior WHEN SHOPPING FOR FINANCIAL PRODUCTS, BE YOUR OWN ADVOCATE Recent results wo anys. tery shoppers Canada's banks withn cnixed messages, according to In- vestment Executive. Three out of every four shoppers reported havinga positive experience. jut many shoppers had a negative experience with inay sures, sales pressure and a lack of knowledge from the employee. Inappropriate product recommendations were re- portedly experienced by one out of every three shoppers inquiring about a chequing account. Almost half of the shoppers claim to have found inappropriate recom- mendations when inquiring about credit cards. This research by the nancial Consumer "Aton of Canada (FCAC) was re- PETER WATSON Column Jeased in May. FCAC said "bank workers need to be trained to make recommendations they do not need or under- stand. Employee sales tar- gets and incentives should not conflict with these ob- The quality of service cannot fast be judged by the personality of the per- with whom you speak. itis is all about the quality of the recommendations. The part of the survey I found most interesting was the shoppers came away with a pleasant experience, but as for the important as- pects, there was much lack- me in the quality of ser- wets important that ev- eryone be their own per- sonal advocate. Peter Watson is regis- tered with Aligned Capital ohio Inc. (ACPI) vide tment advice provided by ACPI. ACPI is member of the Invest- ment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada. The opinions expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of ACPI. 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