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Following a deadlock over whether to consider two complaints against its mayor, Tantramar’s municipal council wants to lean more on the province’s Local Governance Commission to handle code of conduct complaints.
Amid deadlock on complaints, council wants province to take over handling of code of conduct issues
Erica Butler · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 12, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 26 minutes ago
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Tantramar Deputy Mayor Josh Goguen says the municipality wants to the province to take code of conduct complaints off its plate. (Pierre Fournier/CBC)
Tantramar’s municipal council is deadlocked on whether it should consider the merits of two complaints against Mayor Debbie Wiggins-Colwell, both stemming from a statement she issued about the Tantramar gas plant project.
Resident Terry Jones said that Wiggins-Colwell did not “abide by the decisions of council” when she issued a statement the day after the province approved the gas plant project, with a list of 45 conditions.
Both the current and previous Tantramar councils passed resolutions expressing opposition to the gas and diesel plant, in December 2025 and July 2026.
Wiggins-Colwell’s statement first acknowledges that opposition,
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