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Hamilton Integrity Commissioner

Integrity Commissioners Decline to Impose Penalty in Clark Scandal

By Joey Coleman, Editor | April 25, 2021

Facts require Integrity Commissioners to find Brad Clark violated the rules in making unsubstantiated allegations of corruption during recorded phone conversation with constituent.

COLEMAN: So When Did Council Change The Rules to Use the IC against LGBTQ Chair?

By Joey Coleman, Editor | October 4, 2020

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 tells TheSpec Integrity Commissioners Dismissed Latest Complaint Involving Him Threatening People

By Joey Coleman, Editor | October 4, 2020

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.

Hamilton Community Legal Clinic Concerned About Council's Actions Against LGBTQ Chair

By Joey Coleman, Editor | October 2, 2020

HCLC’s letter notes serious errors of law which raise even more questions about the legality of the investigation than have already been raised.

Ontario's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner Not Informed of Alleged Hamilton Privacy Violation

By Joey Coleman, Editor | October 2, 2020

IPC now reaching out to the City of Hamilton “to determine the details of the incident the Mayor referenced in his statement”

Hamilton City Hall v. LGBTQ Committee: Part I – An Illegal Investigation

By Joey Coleman, Editor | September 30, 2020

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 Hall v. LGBTQ Committee: The Misuse of the Integrity Commissioner, a Four Part Series

By Joey Coleman, Editor | September 29, 2020

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.

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