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Integrity Commissioner dismisses cross-complaints between Mayor and Councillor regarding email communications and public statements.
The Integrity Commissioner investigated two cross-complaints between the Mayor and a City Councillor.
The Mayor alleged the Councillor breached the Code of Conduct's harassment and decorum rules by forwarding an email from a resident that contained satirical and allegedly harassing comments about the Mayor's stance on water fluoridation.
The Councillor alleged the Mayor breached the decorum rule by publicly criticizing his previous email communications.
The Integrity Commissioner dismissed both complaints, finding the Mayor's public statements were decorous and proper, the Councillor's single email did not constitute a course of conduct required for harassment, and the Councillor's forwarded email was political satire outside the Commissioner's jurisdiction to regulate.
Municipal councillor breached Code of Conduct decorum rules by making racially insensitive comments in emails.
The Integrity Commissioner investigated a complaint against a municipal councillor regarding racially insensitive comments made in an email exchange and a subsequent television interview.
The complainant alleged the councillor's remarks about 'white people' and 'native people' violated several provisions of the Council Code of Conduct.
The Commissioner found that the Code's 'Key Principles' could not be independently breached, and that Rule 13 did not apply.
However, the Commissioner concluded that the councillor failed to conduct himself with appropriate decorum, contravening Rule 15.
The Commissioner recommended that City Council accept the report and the finding of a Rule 15 violation, noting the councillor had already issued a public apology.
Thoroughbred owner licence refused due to involvement in illegal gambling and bookmaking.
The Director of the Ontario Racing Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Order to refuse to issue a thoroughbred owner licence to the applicant.
The applicant requested a hearing.
The Commission considered wiretap evidence obtained during an illegal gambling investigation.
The Commission found that the voice on the wiretaps was the applicant's and that he was engaged in illegal wagering on horse races and facilitating off-shore internet gambling.
The Commission concluded that the applicant's conduct undermined the horse racing industry and that he was unlikely to act in accordance with the law.
The Commission confirmed the Director's proposed order to refuse the licence.
