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The Journal exclusive Corwnall city facing two more closed-meeting complaints
UCDSB upset with ETFO message; underscores need for OLRB ruling
The chair of the Upper Canada District School Board is disappointed that the El- ementary Teachers Federation of Ontario has not followed the lead of their second- ary school counterparts to suspend politi- cal actions. “Our students and parents will be frustrat- ed that ETFO has not taken itself out of the equation by which teachers decide to fully participate in school activities,” said Greg Pi- etersma. “Although we are concerned about the
information that teachers will receive, we are pleased that it is advice, not a directive to elementary teachers,”said David Thomas, UCDSB director of education. The ETFO said in a Feb. 28 statement it is hoping that positive discussions held with the provincial government will turn into concrete actions, but discussions to sar have not trans- lated into real change. “In these circumstances, ETFO’s advice re- garding voluntary/ extra-curricular activities remains unchanged.” RE/MAX CORNWALL REALTY INC.
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The city of Cornwall’s closed meeting in- vestigator has received two more com- plaints about the city’s conduct in closed sessions of council. Stephen Fournier confirmed to The Jour- nal that he received two separate com- plaints just over a month ago. One was re- ceived by courier on Jan. 30. The other was received on Feb. 1. Fournier hopes to have his investiga- tions complete within the next month, but warned they may take longer depending on the number and complexity of inter- views he must conduct. He is also considering requesting that he appear personally before city council to de- liver his report on the two complaints. It is not the first time a complaint has been forwarded to Fournier about council’s conduct during an in-camera session. He investigated a complaint from Councillor Andre Rivette who claimed he was bullied by council members during an in-camera session early last year. In his report, which laid out a road map of best practices for closed sessions, Fournier said council was wrong to lambaste the councillor during the in-camera session. “It is concluded that council acted im- properly, in part, when its consideration of the matter moved from discussions on the conduct of the City CAO to include discus- sions regarding the conduct of Councillor Rivette without specifically citing his con- duct as the reason for an exception under Section 239 of the Act, or invoking the pro- visions of By- Law 2010-093,”wrote Fournier in his report. “It is recommended that the chair, or pre- siding officer of a meeting that is closed to the public exercise due diligence and take
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all proper steps to ensure council’s consid- eration of a matter remains centered on the topic (i.e., the cited reason) for the whole duration of the matter under consider- ation.“ Kilger, at an April 2012 meeting, conced- ed he dropped the ball in allowing council members to gang up on Councillor Andre Rivette during a closed council session on Feb. 27. “I’ve come up short on this one,” Kilger mused as he reflected upon the critical re- port by Fournier . Fournier told The Journal if members are breaching recommendations from his re- port adopted by council last year, he has no power sanction the city. “All I can do is recommend. I have not oth- er sort of authority,” he said. But if the city has broken rules set out in last year’s report, he will work the same recommendations into is upcoming report, Fournier said. Cornwall city council, headed by Mayor Bob Kilger, is facing two more closed- meeting complaints.
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