Ontario is drafting a bill to address harassment by municipal politicians, but the minister of municipal affairs and housing said Friday it is proving to be more complex than he thought so it won't be tabled by his self-imposed June deadline.
Ontario is drafting a bill to address harassment by municipal politicians, but the minister of municipal affairs and housing said Friday it is proving to be more complex than he thought so it won't be tabled by his self-imposed June deadline.
"Even the regime surrounding the integrity acts throughout municipalities across the province of Ontario, each of them operates in a different fashion," Calandra said when asked about the issue at an unrelated press conference in Ottawa. The Progressive Conservatives voted down a Liberal private member's bill on the subject, but Calandra later said the government would table its own legislation.
A non-partisan group dubbed Women of Ontario Say No has been advocating for the legislation, saying some municipalities have learned the hard way that there are not enough tools to hold politicians accountable for workplace harassment.
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