City of Elliot Lake

City of Elliot Lake

June 12, 2014

12 June 2014

The Ombudsman reviewed a complaint that meetings of the Board of the Northern Institute of the Arts was a "local board" of the City of Elliot Lake, subject to the open meeting requirements of the Municipal Act, 2001 (the "Act").

The Ombudsman reviewed a complaint that meetings of the Board of the Northern Institute of the Arts (known locally as the White Mountain Academy) was a "local board" of the City of Elliot Lake, subject to the open meeting requirements of the Municipal Act, 2001. Upon review, the Ombudsman determined that the Board of White Mountain Academy did not meet the criteria required to establish an entity as a "local board" under the Act, and concluded that it was not subject to the open meeting requirements of the Act.

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