'We need to police the integrity commissioners’ – Danny Whalen, councillor, City of Temiskaming Shores
An organization representing 110 districts and municipalities across northern Ontario is voicing concern about the cost of investigating and enforcing code-of-conduct complaints against elected councillors.
"Also, the province should increase the training of municipal integrity commissioners to enhance the consistency of investigations and recommendations across the province." The complaint was rejected by Toronto lawyer John R. Hart, the city's acting integrity commissioner, who noted that the ratepayers' association asked for a code of conduct investigation without directly witnessing the March 18 meeting or even bothering to view the easily accessible video recording.
"There are cities smaller than us that have spent upwards of $300,000 and $400,000 a year on integrity commissioners, in order to adjudicate what to my mind are normal political disputes and disagreements," Dufour said. "We find they're interpreting current codes of conduct and current procedure bylaws differently. So an issue for one integrity commissioner might not be an issue for another integrity commissioner. So we're getting different answers across the province, and this is a considerable expense for municipalities."
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