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Queen’s Park Passes Bill to Allow Councillors to Be Fired for Violating Code of Conduct
Bill 9 would standardize conduct rules across municipalities and let Ontario’s integrity commissioner help remove councillors in extreme cases.
- Ontario's Bill 9, the Municipal Accountability Act, passed third reading at Queen's Park on Tuesday by a vote of 110 to one, advancing toward royal assent and becoming law.
- Multiple legislative attempts preceded this passage, including a 2021 near-miss and a 2024 version abandoned when Premier Doug Ford called a snap election, making this the latest effort after Liberals and NDP proposals.
- Bill 9 standardizes conduct rules across all 444 municipalities and establishes a three-step removal process: local integrity commissioner investigation, Ontario integrity commissioner review, and unanimous council vote excluding the accused, with decisions required within 30 days.
- Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack targets implementation before the October 26 municipal election, though Independent MPP Bobbi Ann Brady for Haldimand-Norfolk registered the sole opposing vote.
- While Emily McIntosh, founder of The Women of Ontario Say No, called the bill 'monumental,' NDP MPP Catherine McKenney and Liberal Stephen Blais argued the unanimous vote requirement weakens accountability, citing former Ottawa councillor Rick Chiarelli's case.
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Brockville Recorder & TimesOntario passes law to remove councillors for serious misconduct
TORONTO – After five years of pressure, the Ford government has passed legislation allowing municipal councillors to be removed from office for serious code-of-conduct violations.
·London, Canada
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Ontario municipal councillors to face stiffer ethics penalties
Ontario municipal councillors could soon be removed from office for violating a code of conduct under a provincial bill that passed today. Municipalities and advocates have long called for stronger penalties for councillors who break the rules including workplace harassment, and Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Rob Flack says he hopes to have the new rules […]
·Toronto, Canada
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