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Court sides with borough mayor Sue Montgomery, says Montreal mishandled harassment claims
A Quebec Superior Court judge has sided with the borough mayor, ruling the City of Montreal did not have the power to force Sue Montgomery to fire her chief of staff following a report Annalisa Harris harassed two borough employees.
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Posted: Dec 11, 2020 11:45 AM ET | Last Updated: December 11, 2020
Sue Montgomery, mayor of the Côte-Des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-De-Grâce borough (right) and her chief of staff, Annalisa Harris, speak to reporters after a court ruled in their favour.(Simon Nakonechny/CBC )
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A Quebec Superior Court judge has sided with Côte-des-Neiges Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough mayor Sue Montgomery in her legal fight against the city of Montreal.
The decision, issued Friday, is the latest step in what Justice Bernard Synnott described as a conflict marked by two sides unwilling to give an inch.
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Synnott ruled Montgomery’s chief of staff should no longer be barred from communicating with civil servants and called the measure, ordered by the city’s comptroller general last year, both draconian and unreasonable.