The Ombudsman found that council for the Municipality of Calvin contravened the Municipal Act, 2001 when it provided inconsistent information on its website about how the public could access its May 10, 2022 electronic council meeting.
Municipality of Calvin, June 5, 2023
Read the ReportThe Ombudsman found that council for the Municipality of Calvin contravened the Municipal Act, 2001 by failing to provide the public with proper notice of and information about how to access its June 14, 2022 electronic council meeting. Although the Municipality posted a link to the electronic meeting partway through the meeting, the public was unable to observe the entire meeting in real time, and the meeting was therefore effectively closed to the public contrary to the Act.