![](https://newsroom.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/240720-peter-scott-ecan_5792242835703655990_n.jpg)
ECan’s chair broke rules but council also has egg on its face
It seemed a slam dunk. In April, during a live interview on radio station Newstalk ZB, Peter Scott, the chair of Canterbury’s regional council, ECan, explained how it had employed 22 new planners to clear a backlog of resource consents. Then, a startling …