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Reporter tossed from meeting for T-shirt
GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
In a surreal and perhaps unprecedented move last Monday night, a member of the media was evicted from the council cham- bers at Cornwall city hall. His cri m e? He was wearing a T-shirt which offended Ma y or Bob Kilger. Ja m ie Gilcig of the news website Cornwall Free News was evicted fro m the council cha m bers after refusing to re m ove his T- shirt which depicted a photo of the m a y or on a m ilk carton with the words “ m issing”. The m a y or, who is responsible for proper decoru m in the council cha m ber, had asked that Gilcig either re m ove the T-shirt or else leave the cha m ber. Gilcig refused and threw an invective at the m a y or challenging his credibilit y . At so m e point, either during or after the exchange, the m a y or pressed a panic but- ton at his desk which sends a direct e m er- genc y signal to the Cornwall Co mm unit y Police Service next door. As m an y as seven officers arrived, not knowing what e m er- genc y the y were facing, and sirens of police cars could be heard blaring towards the scene. The police officers cluttered the fo y er outside the council cha m bers as Gilcig pro- tested his re m oval and de m anded to be in- for m ed what law he had broken or whether he was being charged. At one point, an offi- cer appeared to interact with people inside the m a y or’s office while the council m eet- ing continued inside.
Photo Greg Kielec
A m e m ber of the Cornwall Co mm unity Police Service e x plains to Ja m ie Gilcig of the Cornwall Free News what justification Mayor Bob Kilger used to evict hi m fro m a council m eeting last Monday, while one of at least si x other officers on hand look on in this screen capture of video fro m The Cornwall Free News.
It appears the officer was consulting with either Kilger, CAO Nor m Levac, or both of the m , who retired to the m a y or’s office, ap- parentl y to deter m ine what legal justifica- tion Kilger had to expel Gilcig. Councillors Glen Grant and Denis Carr took turns chair- ing the m eeting in the absence of the m a y or. The police officer who initiall y entered the council cha m bers to re m ove Gilcig told hi m that he was trespassing, a highl y unusual ac- cusation because the council cha m ber is a public place in which m edia and the public regularl y attend to view the action of coun- cil. In the end, after at least 20 m inutes, Gilcig
was told the m a y or cited a section of the Ontario Municipal Act – an act which also governs proper conduct of councillors and the public during council m eetings – which gave hi m the authorit y to evict Gilcig fro m the council cha m ber for “i m proper conduct”. Not one m e m ber of council stood of in defence of Gilcig or his right to freedo m of expression as he was evicted fro m the public cha m ber. In a side note, Councillor S y d Gardiner was accused of destro y ing signs m ade b y pro- testers attending the m eeting. The owners of the signs have asked police that Gardiner be charged in connection with that incident. The Journal e m ailed a request to Kilger Frida y m orning to further explain his role in the expulsion of Gilcig as well as his role in m aintaining decoru m and order in the coun- cil cha m bers. As of press deadline Monda y , he still had not replied. “This whole experience has been over- whel m ing,” wrote Gilcig, in an e m ailed re- sponse to The Journal requesting his reac- tion to the event. “It shouldn’t be about my T-shirt or the m a y or i m pinging on my Charter Rights and Freedo m s using the police as a bull y tool during anti-bull y ing week. It should be about his govern m ent being held account- able to what’s been going on during his reign as m a y or.”
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