Ward 3 Candidates 2024: Provincial Government Relations

Scott Fitzgerald

[To come]

Walter Harding

[To come]

Mark House

The St. John’s Act is overdue for revision. As your councillor, I would advocate for the city to have more control over areas that directly affect our residents, like housing regulations, transit, and environmental policies. Local governance should have the flexibility to meet the unique needs of its people, and I would work to ensure St. John’s is given the powers it needs to thrive while collaborating effectively with the provincial government.

Paul Morgan

● Apparently it has been updated with minor issues. The biggest issue is the overall act is “prescriptive” in that it tells the city the areas it can have jurisdiction over
● Most, if not all, municipalities across the country have “enabling” legislation where the municipality can operate in areas provided they
do not infringe on other levels of government. An example is Municipal Enforcement officers in Mount Pearl are able to patrol their
streets and issue tickets, the St. John’s Act does not explicitly state that we can, so we can’t. The Act needs to be rewritten because it is
so limiting overall.

Greg Noseworthy

[To Come]