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March 23, 2009
23 March 2009
The Ombudsman found an Oshawa council committee improperly met behind closed doors in May 2008 in an “education and training” session with representatives of a recycling company that had been the subject of odour complaints.
The Ombudsman found an Oshawa council committee improperly met behind closed doors in May 2008 in an “education and training” session with representatives of a recycling company that had been the subject of odour complaints. Read the report, "The ABCs of Education and Training". The municipal meeting investigation also sparked a SORT investigation into the City of Oshawa’s refusal to co-operate with the Ombudsman’s Office. Read the report, "Pirating Our Property".
Ombudsman finds closed Oshawa meeting illegally involved lobbying, not just ‘education’ (Press release - April 29, 2009)
Ontario Ombudsman censures Oshawa for "pirating" report (Press release - April 27, 2009)
Ombudsman to investigate closed meetings in Oshawa (Press release - May 23, 2008)