By Alec Bruce Local Journalism Initiative Reporter GUYSBOROUGH \u2014 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\u2019t 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. \u201cCouncil has given us clear directions to set up an equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility committee,\u201d he told The Journal in an interview last week. \u201cThe plan for MODG is that we will have an accessibility policy, as well as an equity and anti-racism policy.\u201d According to a provincial government news release last week, following the… <\/p>\n
By Alec Bruce Local Journalism Initiative Reporter GUYSBOROUGH \u2014 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\u2019t 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. \u201cCouncil has given us clear directions to set up an equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility committee,\u201d he told The Journal in an interview last week. \u201cThe plan for MODG is that we will have an accessibility policy, as well as an equity and anti-racism policy.\u201d According to a provincial government news release last week, following the... <\/p>\n