The Public Record is exploring what steps can be taken regarding the destruction of public meeting video. There are no similar instances in case law, this appears to be the first time a municipal City Clerk has destroyed this type of public record.
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Public Health: Hamilton's Racialized Population, Health-Care Workers, and Low-Income People Most Impacted by COVID
Hamilton’s Public Health Unit (PHU) says initial socio-economic data collected during COVID-19 “suggests that racialized populations, health care workers and people living with low-income are disproportionately affected by COVID-19 in Hamilton”.
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Farr to Metrolinx: Resume QEW Express Service Between Hamilton and Toronto
Farr calls on Metrolinx to resume pre-COVID service levels. Farr has not made a similar call for Council to resume full HSR service.
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Upcoming IMFG Talks on Municipal Finance
This Wednesday, the executive directors of municipal and government financial officers associations in both Ontario and BC will discuss COVID’s impacts upon the health of Canada’s municipalities, to be followed by a panel of international experts in two weeks discussing the impact upon cities around the world.
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LPAT Appeal at 600 James Street North to Be Held in Feb 2021 with Three Parties, Twelve Participants
The hearing will occur beginning on Monday, February 8, 2021 and run until Wednesday, February 17. The public can listen to the hearing by teleconference, information on how to do so is included in the LPAT decision setting the dates. (Link in story)
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Coming to the Hamilton Farmers' Market: "Good Eats" and Fritters
Two new food vendors will focus upon take-out and for home sales as the Market changes due to COVID changes in traffic patterns.
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COLEMAN: So When Did Council Change The Rules to Use the IC against LGBTQ Chair?
A tweet is drawing attention because it highlights one of the questions that have not been answered by Hamilton City Council and Hamilton City Clerk Andrea Holland – when exactly did Council change policy in order to direct their Integrity Commissioner to investigate the Chair of the LGBTQ Advisory Committee Cameron Kroetsch.
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Merulla tells TheSpec Integrity Commissioners Dismissed Latest Complaint Involving Him Threatening People
Merulla’s latest threats come 14-months after he threatened a CHCH journalist for airing footage of his behaviour during a Council meeting.
The IC did not complete an investigation of that incident either.
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Hamilton Community Legal Clinic Concerned About Council's Actions Against LGBTQ Chair
HCLC’s letter notes serious errors of law which raise even more questions about the legality of the investigation than have already been raised.
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Ontario's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner Not Informed of Alleged Hamilton Privacy Violation
IPC now reaching out to the City of Hamilton “to determine the details of the incident the Mayor referenced in his statement”