‘This resignation is about something much larger than one committee,’ said Deputy Haley Camp as she finally confirmed her departure from the Economic Development Committee, something that has appeared to have been on the cards for many months now.
And why not? If you’re going to go, why not go in a blaze of glory, rather than quietly and unnoticed?
Ah, but maybe she has a point. She went on: ‘Every deputy should now pause to reflect on the fact that two elected members have resigned from committees after concluding that minority challenge had become increasingly marginalised. Regardless of personalities, that should concern us all.’
We’re not privy to the inner workings of the Economic Development Committee, although we do know a fair bit about what they have been doing, which, whether you agree with the approaches being taken, does look like efforts have been made to at least do something.
Deputy Camp, however, has opposed several of Economic Development’s many initiatives. She’s clearly not a good fit, but happily, is prepared to stand up and be counted. Would that we had more deputies who would voice their opinions and opposition stridently, and respectively, instead of ‘team players’ or worse, nodding donkeys. The more that policies are stress-tested by elected representatives, the better off we all are.
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