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New Tantramar councillors lined up and ready to be sworn in, December 20, 2022. Photo: Erica Butler<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tantramar council is considering changes to its code of conduct bylaw, including a new penalty for councillors found to be in violation by their peers: outright suspension from their duties and authority under the Local Governance Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Tantramar\u2019s current code of conduct bylaw, councillors can face reprimands ranging from being required to issue an apology or take training, to being suspended from appointed positions on committees or being docked pay. But if revisions currently proposed are passed, councillors will also face outright suspension from their council duties altogether, for a period of up to 90 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The revisions are being brought in due to a new regulation passed by the provincial government in July 2024<\/a>, which lays out new requirements for municipal code of conduct bylaws, including the addition of a detailed complaints process. The new regulation also offers up a menu of corrective actions that may be included in a bylaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During council\u2019s committee of the whole meeting on February 24, Tantramar Clerk Donna Beal told councillors the revisions proposed were all required by the new regulation. \u201cThis is not the choosing of staff, not necessarily the choosing of council,\u201d said Beal. \u201cThis is law within New Brunswick.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While several sections of the new regulations include the word \u201cshall\u201d, the section outlining corrective actions uses the word \u201cmay\u201d. There are also sections of the proposed Tantramar by-law that differ from the provincial regulation, such as a section requiring council to review a report \u201cat its next meeting after receiving a report\u201d. Under the proposed Tantramar bylaw, council will be required to call \u201can in-camera meeting\u201d within a month to review a final report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillors Debbie Wiggins-Colwell and Bruce Phinney have both been reprimanded under previous code of conduct bylaws, and both opposed the changes during the council discussion. Wiggins-Colwell said she was concerned with the potential for weaponization and misuse of the code of conduct, and also that it may impinge on Charter Rights to freedom of expression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wiggins-Colwell said she would like to have a lawyer specializing in the Charter of Rights, or a political science professor \u201cto explain how implementing this would not infringe upon our freedom of speech or expression, which now more than ever we need to protect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beale later responded, \u201cwhat some professional at a university may think about it is really here nor there, when this is a requirement that municipalities across New Brunswick have to incorporate in a code of conduct.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tantramar clerk Donna Beal answers a question at a municipal council meeting. Image: Municipality of Tantramar Youtube channel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

CHMA asked Mount Allison politics professor Geoff Martin about the effect of code of conduct bylaws in municipal politics, and Martin said that while he sees them as a necessity, they come with risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the old days, there was probably more outright hostility and uncordial kind of remarks, and even sometimes threats of violence, and that had to be addressed and eliminated,\u201d says Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut it\u2019s also true that sometimes these policies are written generally enough that they can be kind of weaponized in a sense,\u201d says Martin. \u201cSometimes they can also be read to undermine the independence of councillors or their independence from the municipal corporation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSometimes these codes of conduct may be used to accuse someone of undermining the council as a whole,\u201d says Martin, \u201cor retaliating against someone for rocking the boat\u2026 that’s the risk of these things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ultimately, says Martin, municipal councils should be places where disagreement is not only allowed, but welcomed and valued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCouncil shouldn’t necessarily be like a some kind of provincial cabinet or executive council where all decisions are made in closed doors and there’s only ever kind of unanimity and no real debate in public,\u201d says Martin. \u201cPeople like to see debates among councillors in public, and they like to see their own values being presented by someone, so it’s not just everyone in lockstep.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mayor Andrew Black chairs a committee of the whole meeting on January 22, 2024. Image: Youtube\/Municipality of Tantramar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At February\u2019s committee of the whole meeting, Mayor Andrew Black tried to assure councillors that impinging on rights was not the intent of the bylaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to make it clear that the code of conduct does not muzzle councillors,\u201d said Black. \u201cIt does not keep you from saying what you want to say. That has nothing to do with this by law whatsoever. What it does do is make sure that you don’t say what you shouldn’t say, among other things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Black said the municipality needs protections \u201cfrom a risk mitigation level\u201d. In cases of inflammatory or misleading comments, \u201cthe municipality could be on the hook for a considerable amount of money through legal litigation,\u201d said Black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Councillor Bruce Phinney was not easily convinced, and remained concerned about the potential for misunderstandings to lead to problems with the application of the bylaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can all interpret it our own way,\u201d said Phinney. \u201cI could say, \u2018well, I said this here, but, you know, it’s nothing serious or whatever.\u2019 But then they can say, \u2018Oh, well no, you were just terrible.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere’s just more control over all of us right now, and if it’s coming from the [department of] local government, then the government’s doing it,\u201d said Phinney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can say truthful things, and you can say factual information,\u201d responded Black. \u201cYou can say real things. What you can’t say is what’s in [the bylaw], which is, you know, you have to act with integrity, with honesty. You can’t be misleading. There can’t be misinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat can still be interpreted differently by you or me or anybody else,\u201d replied Phinney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrue,\u201d said Black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A number of councillors spoke in favour of the bylaw changes, noting that increased detail of the complaints process would be helpful. Councillor Allison Butcher said she felt the by-law was there to protect councillors, by laying out the rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can read through this, know exactly how it all works,\u201d said Butcher. “And I also like that if and when there is a complaint or an issue, it is very clear and gives more options for what to do to remedy a situation. So I look at this as a very positive thing, and I think it’s a step forward from what we had since amalgamation.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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