EDIT: In light of the most recent article from The Standard, there is plenty of reason why this man can be fired “with cause” (which means no severance). He’s highly incompetent, broke the law, and violated the Municipal Act.

All of that said, I stand by what I’ve written below, as I neither want to see this man walk away with hundreds of thousands of dollars or more in severance nor do I want to see the Region embroiled in (and paying for) a lawsuit if Human Resources/labour lawyers are not certain he can be fired with cause and have no legitimate recourse for a lawsuit.

But, again, simply calling for his resignation not only isn’t enough. It’s ridiculous at this point.

ORIGINAL POST: I wrote this on Facebook on Saturday and feel it is important to share it here as well to ensure everyone knows my position.

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Due to difficult family circumstances, I was living independently from my parents when I was 15 years old. As a full-time high school student and part-time fast food employee, I had to collect social assistance to keep a roof over my head and food on my table.

Back then, finding a one-bedroom apartment that was $425 a month would lead a caseworker to question if you knew how to budget so that you could afford to buy groceries, because $425 (with utilities included) was more than the housing allowance portion of social assistance allowed.

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There is no excuse for this. None whatsoever.

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I’ve mentioned in previous blog entries and on my various social media channels that I have a great deal of experience with how municipal government works. I want to take this opportunity to go into a little more detail about what that means and why it makes me a strong candidate for one of the six seats for St. Catharines at Regional Council.

Continue reading “Bringing experience and fresh ideas to the table” →

A couple of weeks ago, I released this video talking about transit in Niagara. I want to go into a little more detail about my goals for our transit system in Niagara.

Continue reading “Transit” →