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<DIV>I agree with you Lulu. We have that problem here in Cambridge.</DIV>
<DIV>On another note, two Cambridge residents have been trying to file
a suit against the city of Cambridge for election irregularities.
Thursday, Judge Patrick Flynn set a schedule for the case to be heard
for evidence sometime the week of April 11th.</DIV>
<DIV>The way things are structured, citizens it seems may have no other recourse
than to go to court. By the way one of those residents is Deb Vitez.
You might remember her. She brought the TCE problem in Cambridge at the
Northstar plant to GREN's attention and came to a few meetings.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Jan</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=butterflybluelu@rogers.com
href="mailto:butterflybluelu@rogers.com">Louisette Lanteigne</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=all@gren.ca
href="mailto:all@gren.ca">all@gren.ca</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 05, 2011 1:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [All] Fw: Follow up on municipal
complaint process in WaterlooRegion</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>Hi folks<BR><BR>Just shared this with the Ministry of
Municipal Affiars and Housing.<BR><BR>In a nutshelll: The Region of
Waterloo has no integrity commissioner or code of conduct for elected
officials in place. If one has a complaint about the conduct of an
elected official it is currently up to the chair (AN ELECTED OFFICIAL)
to decide if concerns have merit.<BR><BR>I'm raising concerns with Tim
Ryall at the MOE London office asking how to initiate legislation to
make it manditory for all municipalities and regions to have an
integrity commissioners and code of conduct for elected officials.
<BR><BR>Details below. <BR><BR>Lulu<BR><BR>--- On <B>Sat, 3/5/11,
Louisette Lanteigne <I><butterflybluelu@rogers.com></I></B>
wrote:<BR>
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Louisette Lanteigne <butterflybluelu@rogers.com><BR>Subject:
Follow up on municipal complaint process in Waterloo Region<BR>To:
tim.ryall@ontario.ca<BR>Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 12:59
PM<BR><BR>
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<TD vAlign=top>Hi Mr. Ryall<BR><BR>Previously I filed a formal
complaint to the City of Kitchener's Integrity Commissioner in
regards to statements made by Waterloo Mayor Carl Zehr the
evening the Region of Waterloo approved of the vote results
regarding the plebiscite on the fluoride issue in Waterloo.
<BR><BR>At first I was directed to file a complaint to
Kitchener's Integrity commissioner because at the time, Mayor
Zehr was "representing the city" in Regional council. I followed
the process and received the response that it was a matter for
the Region, not the city. <BR><BR>I asked for the contact info
for the Regional Integrity Commissioner and they sent the
following email:<BR><BR>From: Regional Clerk
<RegionalClerk@regionofwaterloo.ca><BR>Subject: RE:
Inquiry, Regional Integrity Commissioner<BR>To: "'Louisette
Lanteigne'" <butterflybluelu@rogers.com><BR>Cc: "Kris
Fletcher" <KFletcher@regionofwaterloo.ca><BR>Date:
Wednesday, January 5, 2011, 1:35 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Hello Ms.
Lanteigne,</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I have had a
chance to discuss this situation with the Regional Clerk, and am
able to respond to your query.</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">To clearly answer
your initial question, the Region of Waterloo does not have an
integrity commissioner, nor a code of conduct for
councilors.</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">What the Region
of Waterloo does have is an accountability and transparency
policy, which applies to all staff and councilors. The
policy is attached, for your convenience. With regard to your
desire to file a formal complaint, page 4 of the policy
describes that the Regional Clerk is responsible for receiving
concerns or complaints related to this policy, and that
complaints involving Council will have the Regional Clerk
notifying the Regional Chair. It is important to note that
any complaint filed would have to fall within the policy
statement.</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">To make a formal
complaint, please submit your complaint in writing to the
Regional Clerk. This can be done through this email
address <A rel=nofollow>regionalclerk@regionofwaterloo.ca</A> or
at the address below:</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Council and
Administrative Services</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">150 Frederick
Street, 2<SUP>nd</SUP> Floor</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Kitchener,
ON</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">N2G
4J3</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">If you wish to
pursue this complaint outside of this policy, you will need to
consult your own solicitor/legal counsel.</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Regards,</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><B><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 13pt" lang=EN-CA>Mike
Grivicic</SPAN></B></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
lang=EN-CA>Council/Committee Support Specialist</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
lang=EN-CA>Regional Municipality of Waterloo</SPAN></P>
<P class=yiv1725010486MsoNormal><SPAN
style="COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt"
lang=EN-CA>519-575-4493</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV><BR>I was directed
to file the complaint with the Regional Clerk which I did. In
response, I now have the attached letter that shows how the
Region handled this. <BR><BR>Essentially, at this time, if the
public has concerns about the conduct of elected officials, it
is up to the CHAIR to decide if the matter is a violation of
procedural By-law. This to me is a blatant conflict of interest
seeing that the chair himself is an elected official. My
concerns included a complaint about Regional Chair Seiling
stating that he should have restored decorum the evening when
Carl Zehr made harsh alligations against the "anti fluoride"
group based on hearsay.<BR><BR>If you view the correspondence
you will note the following passage that states:<BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"Your request for such a review does
not fit within our policy, however we are responding
regardless." </SPAN><BR><BR>That implies that there currently is
no system in place for the public to request the assessment of
an elected official's conduct. <BR><BR>The letter also states
<SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">that section 29 of the By-law
entitled "Conduct of Members in Council" is attached for your
review,</SPAN> however it was not. All I received was the single
page letter dated March 1st 2011 as seen in the attachment.
<BR><BR>The letter of response states: <SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"I believe you are aware that during
the debate the Council Chambers recording system was not
working, and therefore there is no actual recording on these
events."</SPAN> <BR><BR>Speaking truthfully, I had no idea
the city's recording system was not working until this letter
but it is disturbing to know the result of this groundbreaking
plebicide was not recorded. One would think that extra measures
would be in place to assure proper record of this historical
decision. <BR><BR>I witnessed staff from CKCO filming at the
time of the Regional plebicite result discussions and I spoke
with Michael Melling at CKCO TV in an attempt to secure their
video of the evenings outcome. He stated to me by phone, "They
would require a court order to release it." That is the standard
protocol for their agency. <BR><BR>The Region of Waterloo must
secure an Integrity Commissioner and establish a Code of Conduct
for council members but honestly, in my view, this should be
mandatory for all municipal and regional levels of governance.
Could you please direct me on how I can initiate this policy to
be adopted at the provincial level so all communities will have
a reasonable system of accountability in place. <BR><BR>Thank
you kindly for your time.<BR> <BR>Louisette
Lanteigne<BR>700 Star Flower Ave.<BR>Waterloo Ontario<BR>N2V
2L2<BR>519-885-7619<BR><BR><BR></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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