The suspension of Victoria firefighter is a local-government personnel issue, mayor says.
If suspended firefighter Josh Montgomery is going to get an apology, it won’t be from Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto.
“Secondly, I will say again, as has been said on my behalf, I had nothing to do with any decisions made by the fire department, either operationally or with regard to personnel. Nor would I. It is not my expertise and I have absolute confidence in the leadership of the fire department, as I do in the leadership of the city, to make whatever decisions they feel necessary in the best interests of the city.
In his letter, written in the aftermath of a first responder being attacked on Pandora Avenue, Montgomery said first responders like him are seeing an escalation of aggression from individuals using social services. “No one should face consequences for writing to me and if that’s the reason he was sanctioned, then he deserves an apology and back-pay from the person responsible,” Eby said.She said she has “absolute confidence in the fire chief and the department and the decisions that they make on behalf of the city and their ability, amazingly, to respond when we need them most.”
One resident noted they have struggled to get information from city staff or the mayor herself about how the facility will operate and what effect it might have on the neighbourhood.
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