Kenora, ON, Canada / 89.5 The Lake Mar 11, 2021 12:34 PM Emo Mayor Harold McQuaker has been found to have had a pecuniary interest during a June 2020 council meeting. The township’s Integrity Commissioner made that ruling after looking into a resident’s complaint about McQuaker’s involvement in the discussion about a private culvert installation. The residents sought to have the culvert connected to a municipal one. McQuaker’s son’s company ended up doing the job and used some equipment from the mayor’s company to do the work. After his review, Darrell Matson found no reason for penalties or sanctions. ” I conclude that Mayor McQuaker’s pecuniary interest (derived through his son’s company) was sufficiently remote that it did not influence his decision making. Accordingly, the exemption in paragraph 4(k) of the MCIA (Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, and it was not necessary for Mayor McQuaker to make declarations of interest and refrain from participation in the matter under Section 5 of the MCIA,” ruled Matson.