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A tweet is drawing attention because it highlights one of the questions that have not been answered by Hamilton City Council and Hamilton City Clerk Andrea Holland – when exactly did Council change policy in order to direct their Integrity Commissioner to investigate the Chair of the LGBTQ Advisory Committee Cameron Kroetsch.
Merulla’s latest threats come 14-months after he threatened a CHCH journalist for airing footage of his behaviour during a Council meeting.
The IC did not complete an investigation of that incident either.
HCLC’s letter notes serious errors of law which raise even more questions about the legality of the investigation than have already been raised.
IPC now reaching out to the City of Hamilton “to determine the details of the incident the Mayor referenced in his statement”
In paras 20 and 21 of their own investigative report, Atwood-Petkovski and Abrams making findings of fact which mean the LGBTQ Advisory Committee is not a Local Board. At this point, the investigation is ultra vires. They just ignore the law, the Municipal Act, and carry on.
Hamilton City Council’s Integrity Commissioner releases their first ever complete investigative report, and The Public Record explains how it is illegal and makes incorrect contradictory claims. A four-part series.