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Pickering councillor gets most severe pay penalty as council seeks stronger recourse

The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
Pickering councillor gets most severe pay penalty as council seeks stronger recourse

Pickering City Hall is shown on Thursday Sept. 26, 2024. A councillor in a southern Ontario city has been issued a 90-day pay suspension – the most severe penalty possible under current rules – after the municipality's integrity commissioner found she has been demonstrating a continued pattern of "unacceptable behaviour" that risks hurting marginalized members of society. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives DPi