DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE
OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS
IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, S.O. 1996,
c. 12 and the Regulation (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder;
AND IN THE MATTER OF discipline proceedings against
C.G. Micaelo Mascardo Balingit, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers.
PANEL: John Tucker (Chair)
Rosemary Fontaine
Hanno Weinberger
BETWEEN: )
) Awanish Sinha
) McCarthy Tétrault LLP,
ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS ) for Ontario College of Teachers,
) assisted by Jennifer Robinson,
) Law Clerk
- and - )
) Patricia D’Hereux,
) Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre
C.G. MICAELO MASCARDO BALINGIT ) & Cornish LLP,
(CERTIFICATE #424461) ) for C.G. Micaelo Mascardo Balingit
) Christopher Wirth,
) Stockwoods LLP,
) Independent Legal Counsel
) Heard: January 28, 2009
DECISION ON MOTION
Counsel for the College brought a motion to seek leave from the Committee to withdraw the allegations set out in the Notice of Hearing dated July 18, 2008.
C.G. Micaelo Mascardo Balingit was not in attendance.
Independent legal counsel advised the Committee that it had jurisdiction to make the order requested, pursuant to section 4.1 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act, which provides that if the parties consent, a proceeding may be disposed of by a decision of the Committee without a hearing.
Having considered the submissions of College Counsel, and upon the consent of the parties, the Committee authorizes the College to withdraw the allegations of professional misconduct against C.G. Micaelo Mascardo Balingit as set out in the Notice of Hearing dated July 18, 2008.
Date: January 28, 2009
John Tucker
Chair, Discipline Panel ________________________________
Rosemary Fontaine
Member, Discipline Panel
Hanno Weinberger
Member, Discipline Panel