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Podcast: This Matters
Episode: 905 politicians behaving badly
Description: Guest: Noor Javed, staff reporter Controversial politicians in Brampton, Richmond Hill and Mississauga have caused several issues for the municipal governments in those communities recently. While the reasons are very different, there has been all kind of political manoeuvring, lawsuits filed and city council meetings disrupted or cancelled. One issue this exposes is the lack of mechanism to punish or remove an elected official from office, other than voting them out in the next municipal election. This episode was produced by Alexis Green, Paulo Marques and Raju Mudhar. Audio sources: CityNews, CTV and...