'If elected officials lose respect for and ignore the basic tenets of democracy, who is left to uphold them?' — Sudbury's integrity commissioner
For her conduct during a public meeting on April 8 at LiUNA Union Hall, Ward 12 Coun. Joscelyne Landry-Altmann may face a 20-day suspension in pay.
Sudbury.com journalist Jenny Lamothe attempted to attend the public meeting on April 8, but was kicked out by CAN Chair Claude Charbonneau and Landry-Altmann. In audio of the meeting provided to Sudbury.com and Boghosian, Landry-Altmann could be heard chairing the meeting and what has been interpreted by some, including Boghosian, as guiding its outcome.
“It was alleged that this CAN meeting was not open to the public, participants were selected by the chair and councillor to attend to the purposeful exclusion of other residents and businesses, and that this demonstrated a blatantly unethical abuse of integrity, accountability, transparency and improper use of the influence of the duty of a CAN chairperson and the office of a city councillor,” according to Boghosian’s report, which summarizes complaint No. 2.
Landry-Altmann refused to allow the executive director or staff from SCTC to speak in rebuttal to the “forgoing malicious, false and reckless statements made by members of the public,” and “frequently exhibited an arrogant sense of power and entitlement in arbitrarily determining who could speak and when.
“Landry-Altmann, in particular, repeatedly interrupted the pro-SCTC speakers, such as to ask for or confirm details about the capacity of the SCTC buildings, funding, how much they paid in rent, and even whether the speakers were Flour Mill residents, interruptions that did not happen when other business representatives and residents were speaking,” Boghosian reported.
Those in attendance were “effectively hand-picked” by Landry-Altmann, Boghosian wrote, adding that the city councillor allowed abusive comments to take place, and treated the SCTC director and supporters with “disrespect and “contempt.”
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