Sue Montgomery will not resign despite being found guilty of 11 ethics violations by administrative judge Alain Roy of the Quebec municipal Commission and calls from the opposition.
âI am not resigningâ she told The Suburban. âI am continuing to stand up for democracy. We will wait to see what sanctions are handed down.â
According to the decision released last Wednesday, the incidents took place between December 2019 and March 2020 and involved ânot acting in a manner to promote and maintain a workplace that is harmonious, healthy and free of all harassment by keeping her chief of staff in contact with borough bureaucrats.â
Montrealâs most populous and multicultural borough denounced the recent wave of anti-Semitism in the city Monday night.
Citing the Quebec and Canadian charters of rights and freedoms, and its own 42-year-old commitment to âtake all measures necessary to combat discrimination,â the motion presented by Loyola councillor Christian Arseneault and Darlingtonâs Lionel Perez wants Côte-des-NeigesâNotre-Dame-de-Grâce council to âstrongly denounce anti-Semitism, threats and acts of hatred, incitement to the hatred and intimidation directed at Jewish Montrealers during recent weeks and commits to ensure their safety against these practices on its territory.â
âThe Jewish community is part of Montrealâs DNA and has been present on its territory for more than 250 years,â reads the motion, adding that âin recent weeks the conflict between Israel and Gaza has brought an increase in incidents against Jewish Montrealers who have been the
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As closing arguments wrapped up Tuesday in the Quebec Municipal Commission’s complaint against Sue Montgomery for alleged ethics violations, two starkly different pictures were painted for Judge Alain Roy.
Montgomery, the borough mayor of Côte-des-Neiges Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, faces 28 charges of ethical breaches, including harassment, lack of respect toward city employees and failure to maintain a harassment-free work environment. The hearing has lasted for two weeks. The identities of the principal employees at the heart of the case are protected by a publication ban.
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Posted: Apr 12, 2021 5:37 PM ET | Last Updated: April 12
CDN-NDG borough mayor Sue Montgomery was elected with Projet Montréal in 2017, but was booted from the party in January 2020 for refusing to fire her chief of staff.(Charles Contant/CBC)
Sue Montgomery, the embattled mayor of Côte-des-Neiges Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, offered to let a municipal employee collect his paycheque for two months if he stopped reporting for work, and proposed hiding the deal from the borough s human resources department.
Her effort to bypass HR was uncovered by a CBC Montreal investigation and it raises further ethical questions about a borough administration already fraught with internal turmoil as Montgomery does not have the authority to fire municipal employees, nor can she offer them severance pay for resigning.
Another C.D.N.-N.D.G. employee quits, citing toxic workplace In his resignation letter, Chad Walcott claimed hostility from the office of borough mayor Sue Montgomery continued even after he took a month s leave for mental health purposes.
Author of the article: Jason Magder • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Apr 06, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 2 minute read • Chad Walcott, who worked as support staff for the borough’s elected officials, claims that Côte-des-Neiges Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough mayor Sue Montgomery (seen in March 2020) tried to pressure him to terminate his contract early and leave his position. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette files