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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-mayors-step-down-1.5710651
2 northern mayors resigning to take on new roles at CCNB
Bathurst Mayor Paolo Fongemie and Edmundston Mayor Cyrille Simard appointed to vice-president roles at CCNB
· CBC News · Posted: Sep 03, 2020 1:43 PM AT
Edmundston Mayor Cyrille Simard and Bathurst Mayor Paolo Fongemie are both leaving their municipal government roles after accepting vice-president appointments with CCNB. (Cyrille Simard/Twitter and Paolo Fongemie/City of Bathurst )
Two city mayors in
northern New Brunswick will now be working together in leadership roles
at Collège communautaire du Nouveau-Brunswick and will resign from
their positions in municipal government.
Both Bathurst Mayor Paolo Fongemie and Edmundston Mayor Cyrille Simard were appointed to vice-president positions Wednesday with the French-language community college, Fongemie as vice-president of administration services and Simard as vice-president of development.
With the new jobs, both men say they will end their terms as mayor of their cities when the city councils complete the budget process this fall.
While Simard, who has has been mayor in Edmundston since 2012, was not going to run again, his tenure as mayor was extended when the May municipal elections were cancelled for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Simard has been self-employed for the past 20 years in training and the education sector.
"So it's a new change. I had a job before and I was my own boss, and now I'm joining a very important organization for New Brunswick and for all the francophone communities specifically."
But Simard said he's proud of what he did as mayor.
"It was a very very exciting adventure in my life being able to support all the community, all the businesses around in achieving their goals.
"You're there to create conditions for the population and for the economy and for the society to improve the quality of life also."
Fongemie, who was elected mayor in 2016, said he was able to fulfil his duties in that role and as the director of the CCNB Bathurst Campus.
"My new responsibilities make it so that a number of elements related to my position are incompatible with my duties as mayor. It is an unfortunate situation, but one where I recognize a choice must be made," he said in a news release issued by the city.
Fongemie said the budget process is important to see through until it is complete.
"This was a most difficult decision to make, but I owe fairness to the citizens of this wonderful city who have offered so much support to me through my mandate."
CBC's Journalistic Standards and PracticesBoth Bathurst Mayor Paolo Fongemie and Edmundston Mayor Cyrille Simard were appointed to vice-president positions Wednesday with the French-language community college, Fongemie as vice-president of administration services and Simard as vice-president of development.
With the new jobs, both men say they will end their terms as mayor of their cities when the city councils complete the budget process this fall.
While Simard, who has has been mayor in Edmundston since 2012, was not going to run again, his tenure as mayor was extended when the May municipal elections were cancelled for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Simard has been self-employed for the past 20 years in training and the education sector.
"So it's a new change. I had a job before and I was my own boss, and now I'm joining a very important organization for New Brunswick and for all the francophone communities specifically."
But Simard said he's proud of what he did as mayor.
"It was a very very exciting adventure in my life being able to support all the community, all the businesses around in achieving their goals.
"You're there to create conditions for the population and for the economy and for the society to improve the quality of life also."
Fongemie, who was elected mayor in 2016, said he was able to fulfil his duties in that role and as the director of the CCNB Bathurst Campus.
"My new responsibilities make it so that a number of elements related to my position are incompatible with my duties as mayor. It is an unfortunate situation, but one where I recognize a choice must be made," he said in a news release issued by the city.
Fongemie said the budget process is important to see through until it is complete.
"This was a most difficult decision to make, but I owe fairness to the citizens of this wonderful city who have offered so much support to me through my mandate."
2 Comments
David Amos
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Surprise Surprise Surprise Methinks Higgy is trying every trick in the book to get the French vote N'esy Pas?
Matt Steele
Sadly , a few years ago the Community College system was made a Crown Corporation much like N.B. Power and Service N.B. is ; now most of their staffing is based on nepotism . Hiring based on who you know , and never on what you know . Welcome to N.B. ; the ONLY bilingual province in Canada , and a failed social experiment .
Theo Lavigne
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Steele: So I take you have proof that the hiring of these gentlemen was
based on who they knew ? Can you share it so we all may know how they
got these jobs ?
David Amos
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Reply to @Matt Steele: Cry me a river
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