MODG plans to ‘move quickly’ in advancing equity

By Alec Bruce Local Journalism Initiative Reporter GUYSBOROUGH — Under a new partnership with the Association of Municipal Administrators, the Nova Scotia government is targeting municipalities and villages as the first public bodies in the province required by law to tackle systematic hate, inequality and racism. But that doesn’t worry Barry Carroll, chief administrative officer of the Municipality of the District of Guysborough (MODG), who said his staff is ready for this and more. “Council has given us clear directions to set up an equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility committee,” he told The Journal in an interview last week. “The plan for MODG is that we will have an accessibility policy, as well as an equity and anti-racism policy.” According to a provincial government news release last week, following the…

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