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Calandra set to table new bill addressing councillor misconduct this legislative session

Currently, Ontario’s municipal rules impose a maximum 90-day pay suspension as the harshest punishment for councillor misbehaviour, and the only way they can be removed from their offices is if voters decide to vote them out.

Published Oct 25, 2024 at 7:12pm

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Barbara Patrocinio
Calandra set to table new bill addressing councillor misconduct this legislative session

Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Government House Leader Paul Calandra speaks to reporters at Queen's Park in Toronto, on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Calandra says that instead of hiring facilitators to assess the future of six of the province's regional governments, he wants a legislative committee to do the review.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

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