From Niagara This Week:
The Niagara Parks Commission must be more open with the public when awarding contracts to private businesses, especially to the Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co., say Niagara Falls councillors.
If the commission is unable to do that, council has requested the provincial government step in.
“When you get to the parks commission, you sign this document of confidentiality and secrecy so you can’t really speak about what’s going on,” said Coun. Carolynn Ioannoni.
The commission can hold private meetings whenever it chooses and the details of those meetings are kept confidential.
This agreement is what protects any information from being divulged about the lucrative 25-year contract the commission has with the company, said Ioannoni. She said those details should be public.