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“There is absolutely no mechanism for a city council to have real consequences for someone who is found to have engaged in this kind of horrendous, disrespectful, abusive conduct toward a member of the public or a member of city staff.”
But council’s hands were tied when it came to punishment. Chiarelli, who served 22 years on council, was suspended and docked a total of 450 days pay worth $132,000, the 90-day maximum for each offence. But the law did not allow for him to be removed from office.Article content“We lived through a very difficult situation in Ottawa. It was hard to understand how it could happen, and how it could happen for so long,” Blais said in an interview Thursday.
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