The annual Chinese New Year Gala was hosted at St. Clair College Centre for the Arts by the Chinese Association of Greater Windsor after a 3-year hiatus.
The integrity commissioner s report is contained within the agenda for the upcoming May 17 meeting of Essex Town Council. Members are expected to vote on whether they will adopt the integrity commissioner s recommendations.
Swayze said he received around 80 complaints from local residents and beyond in wake of Vander Doelen s tweets last month, including from many people with Asian backgrounds. I have served as integrity commissioner for multiple municipalities over the past 13 years and have never experienced an outpouring of such emotion over the behaviour of a member of Council. In that time my voice mailbox has never been filled until now, Swayze wrote.
Asian community, councillor say more action needed from Town of Essex regarding racist anti-Asian tweets
Essex council plans to send a letter to a local Chinese Association following racist tweets from one of its councillors about COVID-19.
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Zhenzhong Ma, president of Chinese Association of Greater Windsor, says while he s glad council is taking some action to address what has happened, more can be done. Ma says Counc. Vander Doelen should step down or be removed from his position on Essex Council. (Jacob Barker/CBC)