Nova Scotia’s municipalities are figuring out how to host their town meetings digitally after a state of emergency was declared by the provincial government on Sunday.
Under the order, Chuck Porter, Nova Scotia’s minister of municipal affairs, has directed “all municipalities and villages in the province” to discontinue holding their in-person meetings.
Instead, municipalities have been told to hold virtual meetings by video or telephone. A copy of the order is available on the government’s website.
But that task has resulted in some growing pains. Many municipalities are still in the process of figuring out how they’ll make a virtual meeting possible. “It is my understanding that we do have a couple of online options before us that IT is