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“Victor, why mayor? Why not council?”
« Victor, pourquoi maire? Pourquoi pas conseiller? » People ask me this almost every day. I sat down at our table to answer it: what experience I bring, what I still need to learn, and why I’m asking to serve North Glengarry as mayor. On me pose cette question presque tous les jours. Je me…
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Keeping Long-Term Care Close to Home
The Palace The proposed closure of The Palace concerns me, and I want residents to know where I stand. The proposal would move its 70 long-term care beds from Alexandria into a new home in Cornwall. It adds beds for the region, but it removes care from our community. The people in those beds are…
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Our Home
Something these last three months have brought home to me is how deeply I feel I belong to North Glengarry. Yes, I’m running for mayor. But my commitment to this community goes beyond the election. We have our challenges. Families and businesses are feeling the economic pressure. Some decisions are made far beyond Township Hall,…
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Borrowed Armour
There is a difference between being prepared and becoming someone else because their way looks more impressive. I have been thinking lately about how easy it is to start measuring yourself against everybody around you. That is especially true during an election campaign. People give you advice. Use this tool. Do more of that. Put…
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Twenty signs. / Vingt affiches.
North Glengarry, I’ve made a decision. I’m putting up only 20 campaign signs. I want to place them deliberately, mainly along some of the roads and entrances where people travel through our township every day, around Maxville, Highway 43, County Road 30, Highway 34, Apple Hill, Dunvegan, Dalkeith and other parts of North Glengarry. The…
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Our Cenotaphs
North Glengarry Cenotaph Revitalization Project
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What One Table Taught Me
One of the first tables I sat at was in Dalkeith, earlier this summer. What stayed with me afterward wasn’t one particular complaint. It was how quickly one concern led into another. A conversation about roads became a conversation about where municipal money goes. That became a conversation about communication. Then about whether people in…
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Why I’m Writing These Updates
Over the past few months, I’ve been sitting down with people across North Glengarry and listening. Some conversations have been about roads. Others have been about businesses, taxes, communication from the Township, development, or simply whether people feel their community is being heard. I wanted one place where I can tell you what I’m hearing,…