News
Nov 13, 2015
CCC submits Govt ECan plan is "extraordinarily arrogant".
In a hard-hitting submission on the Environment Canterbury (Transitional Governance Arrangements) Bill, the council called for the Government to return ECan to a fully elected body as soon as possible.
"There is no justification for the return to a fully representative governance structure for ECan to be delayed beyond October 2016."
Council labels Government's Environment Canterbury plan 'arrogant'
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