Sarnia councillors urge province to pass bill with more tools to deal with rogue politicians

By Cathy Dobson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Petrolia Lambton Independent Sarnia city councillors say municipal councils do not have the tools to go further than demanding an apology after trying to make amends for divisive and disrespectful online comments by Councillor Bill Dennis directed to Indigenous people. It’s up to the province to provide municipal councils with a process  to remove politicians for Code of Conduct violations, said Mayor Mike  Bradley, and Councillors Adam Kilner and Anne Marie Gillis during  council’s special meeting about Dennis’ social media comments. The councillor has already been reprimanded four times by Integrity Commissioners and his pay was suspended for 45 days in one of the offenses. Dennis has also been barred from going to council meetings or city hall in person. On Tuesday, politicians…

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