The Editor:
Re: Ethics commissioner for New West elected officials
Sounds like an admirable position, but we've seen how this works at the federal level, with several complaints levied and nothing done.
First, our new ethics commissioner will basically be chosen by the Community First bloc, which controls more than two-thirds of the vote in council.
Second, since the commissioner will be human, determining if a complaint constitutes “abuse, bullying, intimidating or derogatory behaviour” and if/what the penalty should be for an infraction is likely to be an arbitrary and biased decision. Will a large activist group's complaint be more relevant than a lone resident's?
Mary Ruth Olson
