DISCIPLINE COMMITTEE OF THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS
DECISION, REASONS FOR DECISION AND ORDER
IN THE MATTER OF the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 and the Regulation (Ontario Regulation 437/97) thereunder;
AND IN THE MATTER OF a discipline proceeding against
Towhid Noman, a member of the Ontario College of Teachers.
BETWEEN:
ONTARIO COLLEGE OF TEACHERS
– and –
TOWHID NOMAN (REGISTRATION #263312)
PANEL: Jonathan Rose, Chair Diane Ballantyne, OCT Stéphane Vallée, OCT
HEARD: May 14, 2019
Ava Arbuck of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, for Ontario College of Teachers, assisted by Annie Lacroix, Law Clerk
No one appearing for Towhid Noman
Julie Maciura of Steinecke Maciura LeBlanc, Independent Legal Counsel
PUBLICATION BAN: Pursuant to subsection 32.1(3) of the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996, no person shall publish the identity of, or any information that could disclose the identity of, any person who is under 18 years old and is a witness in a hearing or is the subject of evidence in a hearing.
This matter came on for hearing before a panel of the Discipline Committee (the “Committee”) on May 14, 2019 at the Ontario College of Teachers (the “College”) at Toronto.
A Notice of Hearing dated February 22, 2016 (Exhibit 1) was served on Towhid Noman (the “Member”), requesting his presence on March 30, 2016 to set a date for hearing and specifying the allegations. The hearing was subsequently set for May 14, 2019.
The Member was not in attendance for the hearing and had legal representation who was also not in attendance. The Committee was advised at the outset of the hearing that the parties had entered into an agreement with respect to the hearing.
THE ALLEGATIONS
The allegations against the Member in the Notice of Hearing are as follows:
IT IS ALLEGED that Towhid Noman is guilty of professional misconduct as defined in the Ontario College of Teachers Act, 1996 (the “Act”) in that:
(a) he failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5);
(b) he signed or issued, in the member’s professional capacity, a document that the member knew or ought to have known contained a false, improper or misleading statement, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(12);
(c) he failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15);
(d) he committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18); and
(e) he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19).
STATEMENT OF UNCONTESTED FACTS
College Counsel presented the Committee with the parties’ Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest (Exhibit 2), which provides as follows:
Towhid Noman is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “A” is a copy of the Ontario College of Teachers Registered Member Information with respect to the Member.
At all material times, the Member was employed by the Toronto District School Board (the “Board”).
Background
Through various organizations, the Member has provided tutoring to students, and mentoring and career counselling to professionals educated and/or trained in Bangladesh seeking to pursue careers in Canada.
Person A, a member of the College since 2010, arrived in Canada from Bangladesh in and around 2005-2006 and joined the Bangladeshi-Canadian Community Services (“BCS”) program in Toronto as a volunteer, working towards a teaching career in Canada. At that time the Member, a director of the BCS program, worked with and mentored Person A in the fall of 2006. In and around 2007, Person A left the BSC program and started his own tutoring service, which by 2009 had grown into a private school (hereafter referred to as the “Academy”) authorized by the Ministry of Education to offer students high school credits.
As early as 2007, the Member publicly voiced his objection to Person A offering tutoring services without being a certified and qualified teacher in Ontario. On September 30, 2007, the Member sent Person A an email, simultaneously copying various community and media members, alleging the contents of Person A’s resume did not “match with [his] current identity and information providing to [Academy] students parents”, and alleging that Person A “cheated” innocent clients and was a “bad role model for noble profession of teaching or tutoring” because he did not have the required credentials. He informed Person A, as well as the others copied on the email, that he had received complaints from parents and other learning centres run by certified Ontario teachers, suggesting professional misconduct or unethical standards of practice by Person A. The Member sent similar emails to community publications in which he referred to Person A and his school by name, and encouraged the media to refuse Person A’s advertisements for his private school. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “B” is a copy of the email from the Member to Person A, dated September 30, 2007.
Person A received his Certificate of Qualification and Registration (“CQR”) from the College on October 22, 2010. His Registered Member Information indicates that he completed a professional education program at Darul Ihsan University (“DIU”) in Bangladesh in 2005. DIU was a large private institution in operation until April 2016, when a decision by the High Court in Bangladesh, upheld by the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, declared all academic activities under the name Darul Ihsan University illegal, ordered the closure of all campuses, and declared all certificates issued after 2006 invalid. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “C” is a copy of Person A’s Registered Member Information.
On or about June 30, 2011, the Member wrote to the College to request an investigation into whether Person A submitted false and/or back-dated documents from DIU to the College to receive his CQR. The Member wished to remain anonymous. Over the next few years, each time the Member attempted to learn the status of the College’s investigation into Person A’s credentials, he was advised that information was confidential, however, if a matter is referred to the Discipline Committee regarding allegations of professional misconduct, information about the hearing will be posted on the College’s website. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “D” is a copy of the Member’s Email to the Registrar dated June 30, 2011, and copies of subsequent correspondence between the Member and the College.
2011
In late September 2011, the Member sent an email to the Vice Chancellor of one of the DIU campuses, warning: “if we do not hear from you to take action against [Person A] and the dishonest official issuing B.Ed. certificate without participation then we will report to prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, education minister, Nurul Islam and Dr. AK Azad Chowdhury, chairman of University Grants Commission to take immediate action”. The Vice Chancellor replied almost immediately to advise the Member that he could not confirm whether or not Person A’s transcripts were authentic without seeing a scanned copy of them. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “E” are copies of the Member’s email exchanges with the Vice Chancellor dated September 30, October 3, 4, 2011.
On or about October 23, 2011, the Member called a press conference through the Toronto Bangladeshi Parents Advisory Council (“TBPAC”) to alert the community about academic institutions in Bangladesh selling false degree certificates, among other issues. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “F” is a copy of the email he sent to numerous community and media members attaching the Agenda for the press conference, dated October 23, 2011. Under item 6(c) is a list of the issues to be addressed concerning Person A and his Academy.
A few days later, on or about October 26, 2011, the Member lodged an “Official Complaint to Terminate TDSB Occasional Teacher, [Person A]” via email to the Board’s Occasional Teacher Administrator, advising that the College, the Ministry of Education (private school division) and Toronto Police “have been investigating [Person A’s] professional misconducts or violating the professional ethics”. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “G” is a copy of the Member’s email to the Board and others, dated October 26, 2011.
Police Involvement
Police spoke with the Member on or about October 15, 2011, after Person A contacted police alleging harassment by the Member. In a letter to the officer he spoke with, the Member explained the reason that he called and emailed Person A was to advise Person A of complaints he claimed he received from “local GTA Bangladeshi Canadian school children, parents and Ontario certified teachers”. He advised that he wanted Person A to know the College, the Ministry of Education, the Private School Division, and the Vice-Chancellor of DIU were investigating complaints submitted by his (the Member’s) organizations in relation to Person A. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “H” is a copy of the Member’s letter to Police dated October 15, 2011.
On or about October 25 and November 1, 2011, Person A contacted police to report that the Member continued to send emails to community members claiming Person A was a “fraud teacher” and taught at a “fraudulent school”. Person A advised police that the Member had been interviewed recently by OMNI TV about “fake teacher certification”. The officer assured Person A that he had spoken to the Member, and the Member agreed to stop all telephone calls and false statements online: “Mr. Noman advised me he understood the seriousness of the situation and will cooperate with police”. On or about November 3, 2011, Person A notified the officer that he had received a telephone call warning him to “stop bogus police calls”. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “I” is a copy of the Police Community Inquiry Report; copies of the email exchanges on November 1 and 3, 2011; a copy of the Member’s letter to the officer dated November 3, 2011, thanking the officer for the reminder “to stop calling or visiting [Person A] with negative connotation”; and follow-up email from Person A to the officer dated November 8, 2011.
2012
On or about March 13, 2012, the Member sent an email to numerous media sources claiming, “This communication is to confirm… that the teacher education certificate submitted to Ontario College of Teacher by [Academy]’s …Principal at [XXX] Area is fake”, and warning that “people who commit crimes and support crimes by advocating for the criminals are in the same boat”. In his email, the Member identified Person A’s school by name and referred to Person A as “the fake Ontario-Canadian Certified Bangladeshi teacher”. The Member followed up with a subsequent email on March 30, 2012, to persons at the College, the Ministry, Bangladeshi government officials, and numerous media sources, claiming that some DIU graduates “sell certificate to our Toronto and Ontario public school failing children pulling marks from under 50 to over 80 via black listed Ontario private school… This school and its principal with fake DIU teacher education submitted to Ontario College of Teachers… have been cheating with Toronto Bangladeshi parents since 2010… This type of institutes and graduates must be identified and their license should be revoked…” In his email, the Member identified Person A, his school, and his email address. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “J” are the Member’s emails dated March 13 and 30, 2012.
The Member arranged for a second media conference involving OMNI Rogers Cable Television on or about April 5, 2012, “to fight social crimes of [XXX] area [Academy]’s principal’s fake doctorate and teacher education from Bangladeshi Darul Ihsan University…”. His email thanking attendees identifies the audience he intended to engage with this issue. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “K” is a copy of the Member’s email dated April 10, 2012.
2014
- By email dated May 1, 2014, the Member warned the editors of two Toronto publications that he would no longer support them because they published advertisements about Person A and his school. The Member copied numerous media sources on this email, advising them of his accusations against Person A and that he and his organizations would not support any media who endorsed Person A or published Person A’s advertisements. The Member claimed he spoke on behalf of “we Ontario certified teachers, teachers federation OSSTF, OTF, CTF, Teachers Without Border or OBECSS members”. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “L” is a copy of the Member’s email dated May 1, 2014.
Member’s Response to Person A’s Complaint to the College
Person A complained to the College about the Member’s conduct.
The Member responded to Person A’s complaint by sending emails to people in his community, the media, the College, lawyers, government officials and other agencies, in which he condemned Person A, using increasingly hostile language to vilify Person A. For example, in an email sent to numerous people dated September 16, 2014, the Member referred to Person A in the following manner:
(a) Person A, “the current bogus teacher and principal of private school [Academy] filed a complaint against the Member for filing a “complaint against his bogus school, his bogus license”;
(b) Person A was “actually trying to take false revenge” against him;
(c) “we already boycott him via local mainstream and ethnic Bangladeshi Canadian media press conference from Oct 2011 and filing complaints with” the College, the Ministry of Education and other agencies;
(d) “the real culprit is Person A”, an “international criminal” who now submitted a “false allegation” against him;
(e) “The Toronto Bangladeshi community and Dhaka homeland Bangladeshi are aware of his national and international forgery”;
(f) “Please take legal action against Person A but not Towhid Noman who is well respected and recognized in Canada and globally”;
(g) “Person A is a national and international criminal records from Bangladesh to Canada for buying certificate of teacher education in Bangladesh and Selling Ontario secondary credit transcripts to our South Asian Canadian Toronto DSB public schools’ failing students inflating their marks who drop late in post-secondary institutes”;
(h) “We strongly urge you to take this issue seriously before we go Bangladeshi prime minister, education minister, University Grants Commission and both Canadian and Bangladeshi foreign affairs ministers and high commissions”.
Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “M” are copies of the above email and similar emails by the Member, dated September 16, 18, 20, October 23, 2014.
- The Member also wrote emails to Person A, copying others, that contained statements including but not limited to the following:
(a) “Please do not try to be more cunning by diverting attention of our community in different direction bringing false allegation against your mentor …”;
(b) “You are Bgd national and Cdn national meaning international white color criminal showing Bgd GTA community bogus non-Cdn doctorate, bogus teacher license, bogus website with 50 campus, phantom white teachers and phantom white students, bogus or false news commercial and TV commercial with false information cheating with local TDSB public school students who get higher marks from your inflation and go to college universities become drop out…”;
(c) “… I/we will go as far as supreme court of Canada or international court to find your guilty verdict with consequences is my oath blessed by Lord for His satisfaction and save our community from people like you”;
(d) “First you will face Ontario court under oath touching Quran and then you will face eternal court with me when all your victim parents and students will catch you on court of judgment fixed by Lord”;
(e) “May Lord bless you with professional ethics and morality”.
Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “N” are copies of the Member’s emails dated September 17, 19, 20, 30, and October 29, 2014.
Member’s Acknowledgment
On September 20, 2014, in an email to the College regarding his matter, the Member acknowledged he “…totally forget from anger and frustration, it is professional misconduct to attack a professional colleague since I lost my tolerance and patience”. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “O” are copies of the Member’s emails dated September 20 and 22, 2014.
A few days later, the Member sent emails to numerous parties continuing to attack Person A’s integrity and his School, using language including the following:
These criminals buy bogus certificates there and sell bogus transcripts here inflating marks for public school failing students who got in post-secondary institutes but drop out with a year or two.
One such Cdn Bgd bogus private school is crime oriented Academy on [address] with bogus principal and OCT who got Ontario teaching license based on submitting bogus bought certificate from bogus campus of Bgd University Grants Commission and Ministry of Education investigation-wise black listed Darul Ihsan university and we parents, genuine educators, students and community builders have been helpless to catch this guy because when Ont College of Teachers and Ministry of Education send for inspection or investigation from the corrupted Bangladeshi bogus university official people okay things from there.
and
…[Person X and Person Y] are… global pride and heroes while bogus doctorate Person A, the bogus principal and bogus Ontario certified teacher of bogus private school Academy is our shame and he is absolutely zero!
…[Academy] Private School in Toronto by bogus doctorate, bogus principal, bogus teacher, [Person A], bogus OCT (based on bogus teacher education bought from Darul Ihsan private U submitted to OCT as note that FYI that Complaints officially filed against his wrong doings in Oct 2011 under investigation of Ontario College of Teachers and Ontario Ministry of Education…
Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “P” are copies of the Member’s emails dated September 24 and 25, 2014.
In a separate email dated October 14, 2014, addressed to the Honourable H. Cruden, Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, and copied to others, the Member continued to allege that Person A had a “bogus” degree and continued to harm students by inflating their marks to enable them to gain admission into Canadian universities, among other allegations. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “Q” is a copy of the Member’s email dated October 14, 2014.
The Member sent an email to members of the College, government officials, and the media on or about October 18, 2014, that included the following statements:
(a) Bangladeshi parents and educators “got shocked finding him getting Ontario teacher license in 2010 submitted back dated 2005 B.Ed…without attending classes and exams”;
(b) “more shocking few of our Bgd-Cdn yellow journalism media and white Collar criminal educators have been supporting him for money or other reasons”;
(c) “I/we feel ashamed of such local and global traitor white collar criminal damaging our children inflating marks for university admission who drop out later and become social outcasts”;
(d) “he also set up exams and sell report cards or transcripts with 80+% marks to our community public high school failing students which ministry of Education know but cannot catch him red handed”;
(e) “he attacked me personally bringing allegation of professional misconduct”
(f) the Member requested the recipients of his email to support him “as I face him with Ontario College of Teachers Investigation and Hearing Dept”, citing it as a “test” to see how many of them Person A can “buy”.
Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “R” are copies of the Member’s emails dated October 18, 2014.
2015
In January 2015, the Member again emailed Canadian High Commissioner H. Cruden and others to inform them that “[Person A’s] latest fraud is putting news story in Toronto Bangladeshi Canadian Ethnic…Media that [the Academy] has bilateral agreement to bring students for Centennial College”. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “S” is a copy of the Member’s Email/Letter dated January 27, 2015.
On or about February 20, 2015, the Member responded to an email from the College, copying Ontario’s Education Minister, the Bangladeshi Education Minister and others, stating, “I understand you will not solve our concern or can bring social justice because he paid bribed all the powerful officials in Bgd”. The Member advised that he intended to call another press conference about the issue. Attached hereto and marked as Exhibit “T” is the Member’s email dated February 21, 2015.
The Member remains employed by the Board but has not been teaching since December 2011.
Plea of No Contest
By this document,1 the Member agrees that the Discipline Committee can accept as correct the facts and exhibits referred to in the paragraphs above (the “Uncontested Facts”).
The Member hereby acknowledges that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, and pleads no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him, being more particularly breaches of Ontario Regulation 437/97 subsections 1(5), 1(12), 1(15), 1(18), 1(19).
By this document the Member states that:
(a) he understands fully the nature of the allegations against him;
(b) he understands that by signing this document he is consenting to the evidence as set out in the Uncontested Facts being presented to the Discipline Committee;
(c) he understands that by pleading no contest to the allegations, he is waiving the right to require the College to otherwise prove the case against him and the right to have a hearing;
(d) he understands that the Discipline Committee can accept the Uncontested Facts as correct, and can accept that those facts constitute professional misconduct;
(e) he understands that the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons shall be published on the College’s website, and that a summary of the Discipline Committee’s decision and reasons, including his name, shall be published in the official publication of the College;
(f) he understands that any agreement between him and counsel for the College with respect to the penalty proposed does not bind the Discipline Committee;
(g) he understands and acknowledges that he is executing the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest voluntarily, unequivocally, and with the advice of legal counsel.
The Member provides this plea of no contest pursuant to Rule 3.02 of the Rules of Procedure of the Discipline Committee under protection of the Evidence Act, R.S.O. 1990, chapter E. 23, for the purpose of this proceeding under the Ontario College of Teachers Act 1996, chapter 12, and for no other purpose. The Member’s plea of no contest does not constitute an admission by the Member as to the facts or findings in any other civil, criminal or administrative proceeding.
In light of the Uncontested Facts and circumstances, the Ontario College of Teachers and the Member submit that the Discipline Committee find the Member guilty of professional misconduct.
DECISION
Having considered the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the submissions of College Counsel, the Committee rendered an oral decision on May 14, 2019 finding that the Member engaged in acts of professional misconduct as alleged, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(12), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19).
REASONS FOR DECISION
The Member did not contest the facts and exhibits referred to in paragraphs 1 to 25 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and pleaded no contest to the allegations of professional misconduct against him. He acknowledged and the Committee accepts that the Uncontested Facts constitute conduct which is professional misconduct, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsections 1(5), 1(12), 1(15), 1(18) and 1(19).
Paragraphs 4-24 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the underlying exhibits cited therein, particularly the Member’s emails, demonstrate that the Member failed to maintain the standards of the profession, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(5).
Paragraphs 4-24 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the underlying exhibits cited therein, particularly the Member’s emails, demonstrate that the Member signed or issued, in the member’s professional capacity, a document that the member knew or ought to have known contained a false, improper or misleading statement, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(12).
Paragraphs 4-24 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the underlying exhibits cited therein, particularly the Member’s emails, demonstrate that the Member failed to comply with the Education Act, Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1990, chapter E.2, and specifically subsection 264(1) thereof or the Regulations made under that Act, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(15).
Paragraphs 4-24 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the underlying exhibits cited therein, particularly the Member’s emails, demonstrate that the Member committed acts that, having regard to all the circumstances, would reasonably be regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(18).
Paragraphs 4-24 of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and the underlying exhibits cited therein, particularly the Member’s emails, demonstrate that the Member engaged in conduct unbecoming a member, contrary to Ontario Regulation 437/97, subsection 1(19).
JOINT SUBMISSION ON PENALTY
Through a Joint Submission on Penalty (Exhibit 3), the parties jointly submitted that the appropriate penalty to be imposed in this matter would be that the Committee:
direct that the Member receive a reprimand, and the fact of the reprimand is to be recorded on the Register of the Ontario College of Teachers (the “Register”);
direct the Registrar to impose the following terms, conditions, or limitations on the Member’s Certificate of Qualification and Registration, the fact of such terms, conditions, or limitations to be recorded on the Register until such time as they are fulfilled:
(a) prior to commencing or returning to any teaching position requiring his Certificate of Qualification and Registration, the Member shall enrol in and successfully complete at his own expense, a course of instruction pre-approved by the Registrar regarding professional ethics, subject to the following conditions;
(i) the Member will provide to a course practitioner approved by the Registrar, a copy of the Statement of Uncontested Facts and Plea of No Contest and Joint Submission on Penalty documents made exhibits at the hearing of this matter, and the Decision, Reasons for Decision and Order of the Discipline Committee;
(ii) upon review of the documents noted at paragraph (i) above, the course practitioner will provide to the Registrar, for approval, a syllabus for the proposed course which specifically addresses the Discipline Committee’s concerns regarding the Member’s professional misconduct. The syllabus proposed by the course practitioner shall also specify the length of the course to be undertaken by the Member, and the assignments to be completed by the Member;
(b) within thirty days of his completion of the course outlined in (a) above, the Member shall provide to the Registrar a written report from the course practitioner:
(i) stating that the Member has successfully completed the course and reporting on the progress of the Member with respect to addressing the outlined goals of the course.
Although not addressed in the Joint Submission on Penalty, College Counsel requested that the reprimand be delivered in writing, which the Committee accepted.
PENALTY DECISION
In an oral decision rendered on May 13, 2019, the Committee accepted the Joint Submission on Penalty presented by the parties and made an order in accordance with its terms, as set out above. The reprimand will be delivered in writing.
REASONS FOR PENALTY DECISION
The Committee accepts the penalty jointly proposed by the parties. The Committee recognizes that, once it ensures that it has jurisdiction to make the order requested, the law confines the Committee’s role to determining whether the proposed penalty is so unreasonable that accepting it would bring the administration of the discipline process into disrepute or be otherwise contrary to the public interest. The Committee finds that the penalty proposed in the Joint Submission on Penalty is proportionate to the misconduct committed by the Member and is reasonable given the circumstances of this case. The penalty proposed by the parties is also within a reasonable range, based on the following cases presented by College Counsel and involving conduct of a similar nature to the conduct in this case: Ontario College of Teachers v. Buckley, 2014 ONOCT 14 and Ontario College of Teachers v. Meeker, 2014 ONOCT 67.
The Committee finds that the Member’s conduct warrants a reprimand by his peers. The Committee is troubled that the Member engaged in sustained and persistent efforts to disparage Person A’s personal and professional reputation in the community. The Member sent relentless emails to the College, various government authorities in Canada and abroad, and repeated his claims about Person A in the press. The reprimand will allow the Committee to directly address its concerns with the Member and will serve as a specific deterrent. Recording the fact of the reprimand on the Register will serve as a general deterrent to other members of the profession.
The Committee finds that the course of instruction regarding professional ethics will assist in the rehabilitation of the Member, should he return to teaching. The coursework will remind the Member of his obligations as a professional colleague and will help him to make better decisions in any future interactions with fellow teachers, the educational community and the public.
The Committee is satisfied that the penalty is appropriate in the circumstances and meets the principle of serving and protecting the public interest.
Date: May 14, 2019
Jonathan Rose
Chair, Discipline Panel
Diane Ballantyne, OCT
Member, Discipline Panel
Stéphane Vallée, OCT
Member, Discipline Panel