Lies, spin, deception & secrecy turns decent governance into a corrosive sludge of sewage
City of Niagara Falls
Date: 2016-11-03
The Ombudsman received a complaint that council for the City of Niagara Falls violated the Municipal Act when
it voted in closed session to commit $10 million towards a proposed
partnership with a post-secondary institution. The Ombudsman found that
the discussion did not fit within any of the closed meeting exceptions
and that as a result, council was not entitled to vote in closed session
on a resolution directing staff to proceed with the partnership.
Investigation into the closed meeting
held by the City of Niagara Falls on February 10, 2015
Paul Dubé
Ombudsman of Ontario
November 2016
Complaint
1 In
July 2016, our Office received a complaint about a meeting held by
council for the City of Niagara Falls on February 10, 2015. The
complaint alleged that council violated the Municipal Act, 2001 when
it voted in closed session to commit $10 million towards a proposed
partnership with a post-secondary institution. The complainant also
indicated that this matter was not included on the meeting agenda and
that council did not report back in open session following the vote.
2 Lies: Their is no place in government for lies, spin, deception or secrecy!
More and more we are finding these vices in all levels of our governments and agencies. These vices inevitably lead to corruption and crime!
Distrust and contempt of the citizen is expanding distrust in politicians!
Example: The mayor of Niagara Fall, Ontario clearly stated that a trip to china garnered a benefit of a $1.5Billion investment for the City.
Total Lie! The project was already in the works months before the China Vacation!
Accountability demands that liars, spin-masters, deceivers and those operating behind closed doors be fired for cause!
Responses welcomed in comment section below ...
2 Lies: Their is no place in government for lies, spin, deception or secrecy!
More and more we are finding these vices in all levels of our governments and agencies. These vices inevitably lead to corruption and crime!
Distrust and contempt of the citizen is expanding distrust in politicians!
Example: The mayor of Niagara Fall, Ontario clearly stated that a trip to china garnered a benefit of a $1.5Billion investment for the City.
Total Lie! The project was already in the works months before the China Vacation!
Accountability demands that liars, spin-masters, deceivers and those operating behind closed doors be fired for cause!
Responses welcomed in comment section below ...
I would like to thank some very special people who are restoring democracy in the Niagara Peninsula: Ed Smith, retired Major turned activist (Port Dalhousie resident). Cindy Forster, MPP (NPCA), Jim Bradley, MPP (Liberal), and Wayne Gates, MPP (NDP). We need to implement a mechanism whereby we can fire any politician who is caught in a lie or purposeful deceit. It will clean up the mess we have out there. Write a comment to let me know your thoughts on this issue.
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