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Publishing date: Feb 10, 2021 • February 10, 2021 • 1 minute read •
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Once upon a time, people believed that politicians were elected to represent their constituents. Sadly, this appears to be a thing of the past.
Shortly after the present Sarnia city council was elected, an election committee consisting of several knowledgeable people was formed. A motion by Coun. Margaret Bird to form such a committee was passed unanimously.
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After many months, the committee put forth a recommendation based on their findings and a public survey. They proposed that both online and paper ballot voting be implemented. The cost of online only was $386,000, while providing both online and paper was $608,000, a difference of just more than $200,000.
Author of the article: Letters
Publishing date: Feb 10, 2021 • February 10, 2021 • 1 minute read •
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Once upon a time, people believed that politicians were elected to represent their constituents. Sadly, this appears to be a thing of the past.
Shortly after the present Sarnia city council was elected, an election committee consisting of several knowledgeable people was formed. A motion by Coun. Margaret Bird to form such a committee was passed unanimously.
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After many months, the committee put forth a recommendation based on their findings and a public survey. They proposed that both online and paper ballot voting be implemented. The cost of online only was $386,000, while providing both online and paper was $608,000, a difference of just over $200,000.
Pay transparency is key to closing gender pay gap
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It has been more than half a century since the landmark Equal Pay Act passed, yet the gender pay gap still exists. On average, women make 18% less than their male counterparts. Lack of transparency in pay contributes to the disparity, according to a Washington University in St. Louis sociologist.
Over the last decade, more than a dozen states plus the District of Columbia have enacted legislation banning pay secrecy policies workplace rules that prohibit workers from discussing wages and salaries. The laws aim to eliminate a means by which employers can discriminate intentionally or not against women in the pay setting.
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Moon work
LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC) mosaic of the lunar South Pole region, about 600 km in diameter. The illuminated, crescent-shaped edge of the Shackleton Crater is touching the centre cross-hairs. Credit: NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University
With NASA gearing up for a possible return to the Moon as soon as 2024 (and other countries not far behind), scientists are ramping up efforts to find the best ways to make best use of a permanent or long-term Moon base.
High on the list, of course, is collecting Moon rocks, especially in areas far from the six Apollo landing sites. One of these is near the rim of Shackleton Crater, which has been selected as the leading candidate for NASA’s upcoming Artemis Moon-landing program, says Jahnavi Shah, a graduate student at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.