Ontario Councillor Suspended for Non-Compliance With Municipal Vaccine Mandate

Ontario Councillor Suspended for Non-Compliance With Municipal Vaccine Mandate
A welcome sign for the town of Mississippi Mills listing its three constituent communities, Almonte, Pakenham, and Ramsay, on Dec. 11, 2019. Shutterstock
Andrew Chen
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An Ontario councillor has had 90 days of her remuneration suspended for allegedly breaching her municipality’s COVID-19 vaccine policy following an integrity commissioner investigation.

Tony Fleming, the integrity commissioner of Mississippi Mills township, said he received a code of conduct complaint on May 12 alleging that Councillor Cynthia Guerard had breached her municipality’s mandatory vaccination policy by attending two in-person council meetings that month but didn’t provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19.