Dear members of the NHRS,
As you may have noticed, the decision to suspend our activities this year has generated a number of reactions from our users, from the media, and from the municipality.
First, several users of the NHRS organized, on their own initiative, an online petition asking, among other things, the municipality to renew the memorandum of understanding without new conditions.
In addition, several users will express their concerns at the next City Council meeting on 7th May, at 6:30 pm.
Secondly, I was able to express the NHRS’s point of view on the radio (https://bit.ly/2rk6jDa), in the Tribune (https://bit.ly/2HW4t1H), on Radio-Canada (https://bit.ly/2KCAiyg) and CBC (https://bit.ly/2ju9ALy). As you will see, the municipality repeatedly points out that the SRNH did not provide a financial statement in previous years as a justification to its position. The Board was deeply surprised by this response, as the municipality had never raised this issue in previous negotiations.
It is important to know that an annual report, in which a description of the income and expenses generated by activities at the beach, was always provided by the NHRS. In return, it never presented a financial balance sheet (with a general description of its assets and liabilities) for the simple reason that it did not have the benefit of having an accountant among its volunteers. We would like to point out that the NHRS did inform City Council that it had found an accountant to remedy this situation.
Thirdly, the municipality has, in turn, distributed a newsletter expressing its point of view, see the French (https://bit.ly/2w92p4R) and English versions (https://https://bit.ly/2FIJbm5).
According to the Board of Directors, this letter contains a number of statements that need to be clarified and sometimes contradicted. This explains why we have formulated a response that you will find attached to this e-mail.
Conseil d’administration / Board of directors
Mathieu Devinat, president/président, Michael Munkittrick, secretary/secrétaire, Carrol Haller, Steve Piercy, Darryl Williams, Elaine Lebourveau, John McCrea
Letter available on dropbox :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yj3245dm9pl366q/NHRS%20second%20letter.pdf?dl=0
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