ONTARIO
Public comments presented by citizens at the Ontario City Councilâs most recent work study session on March 4 directed a slew of allegations at Ontario City Council President Freddy Rodriguez. Among those by Charlotte Kerftmeyer and Christopher Plummer were domestic abuse and using his City Council Facebook page to ârantâ about his personal life or to âslander or abuse people.â
Chris Artiach said Rodriguez continuing to serve on the council, âitâs making the city an embarrassmentâ and said it was âhumiliation.â
âAll Iâm asking is for the City Council to have a little bit of courage, look at the facts and not weasel away through loopholes and ideas about what a restraining order is,â said Jerry Ward, of Ontario who questioned councilors about their âcourageâ in voting Rodriguez as council president.
ONTARIO
Public comments presented by citizens at the Ontario City Councilâs most recent work study session on March 4 directed a slew of allegations at Ontario City Council President Freddy Rodriguez. Among those by Charlotte Kerftmeyer and Christopher Plummer were domestic abuse and using his City Council Facebook page to ârantâ about his personal life or to âslander or abuse people.â
Chris Artiach said Rodriguez continuing to serve on the council, âitâs making the city an embarrassmentâ and said it was âhumiliation.â
âAll Iâm asking is for the City Council to have a little bit of courage, look at the facts and not weasel away through loopholes and ideas about what a restraining order is,â said Jerry Ward, of Ontario who questioned councilors about their âcourageâ in voting Rodriguez as council president.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Challenging, lonely and exceptional. These are the three words former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes uses to describe being a Black woman in politics. Why? Because “representation matters,” she tells me.
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During her time in office, Caesar-Chavannes was forced to push back against the status quo and lobby for legislation that would encourage equity. In return, she says she was met with sexism, racism and tokenism.
In the end, after a reportedly “explosive” conversation with a possibly tearful Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the Whitby MP resigned from the Liberal party caucus in 2019 and decided not to run again.