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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\u2019s up to the province to provide municipal councils with a process \u00a0to remove politicians for Code of Conduct violations, said Mayor Mike \u00a0Bradley, and Councillors Adam Kilner and Anne Marie Gillis during \u00a0council\u2019s special meeting about Dennis\u2019 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… <\/p>\n

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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\u2019s up to the province to provide municipal councils with a process \u00a0to remove politicians for Code of Conduct violations, said Mayor Mike \u00a0Bradley, and Councillors Adam Kilner and Anne Marie Gillis during \u00a0council\u2019s special meeting about Dennis\u2019 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... <\/p>\n

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