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Description
The Election Compliance Audit Committee is an arm’s length City of Ottawa Committee and does not report to Ottawa City Council. Election Compliance Audit Committee reviews applications for compliance audits of the election campaign finances of candidates and registered third-party advertisers and considers report(s) from the City Clerk and Solicitor on apparent contraventions of contribution limits.
Agendas, minutes, decisions and more information on the Election Compliance Audit Committee may be found at: http://ottawa.ca/ecac
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From
the
appointed
auditor
hearing
the
representations
and
reading
the
written
submissions
and
documentation
submitted
by
the
auditor,
the
committee
hereby
decide
to
commence
legal
proceedings
against
the
candidate
for
apparent
contravention
of
provisions
of
the
municipal
act
relating
to
election
campaign
finances
the
apparent
contraventions
outlined
in
the
auditor's
report,
as
well
as
those
matters
for
which
mr.
tisk
failed
or
refused
to
comply
with
the
auditors.
Reasonable
requests
for
information
and
documentation
are
sufficiently
serious
to
compel
this
committee
to
decide
to
commence
legal
proceedings
against
mr.
tisk.
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Yes,
Thank
You.
Mr.
chairman,
my
name
is
Roberto
Berto
from
Galilee
wlg,
I'm
counsel
for
mr.
riddle
and
yes,
we
are
seeking
an
adjournment
pursuant
to
rule
19
of
the
rules
of
procedure
to
the
December
16th
meeting.
The
particulars
of
the
request
are
set
it
in
a
letter
and
I
think
you
all
have
a
copy
of
it.
If
you
don't
I
do
have
extra
copies,
but
I
think
you've
received
that
mr.
riddle
was
not
served
personally
with
the
materials
because
he
was
out
of
town
and
he
returns
to
Ottawa
tomorrow.
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So
we'll
have
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
legal
counsel
to
review
his
records.
All
of
those
things
in
advance
of
the
meeting
which
we
submit
are
critical
and
important
section
88.3
for
sub
nine.
The
Municipal
Elections
Act
provides
that
mr.
riddle
must
receive
reasonable
notice
as
a
contributor
and
we
submit
that
has
not
not
occurred
and
when
I
say
that
I'm
not
trying
to
be
critical.
The
process,
server
and
city
staff
were
diligent
and
I.
Think
mr.
riddle
was
equally
diligent
in
responding
and
emailing
the
process
server
and
retaining
counsel
it.
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D
The
bottom
line
is
that
these
are
public
allegations
and
you
just
is
looking
for
an
opportunity
to
meet
with
his
legal
counsel
to
review
records,
while
he's
in
town
in
terms
of
potential
prejudice,
it's
extremely
limited,
I
mean
you
have
until
December
28th
to
make
sure
you're
complying
with
the
actors
a
meeting
on
December
16th.
So
the
potential
prejudice
to
mr.
riddle
is
large.
The
potential
prejudice
to
you,
folks
in
fulfilling
your
obligations
is
minimal
and
accordingly,
we
ask
to
adjourn
the
matter.
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You
you
do
concede
that
the
the
the
service
and
mr.
Vidal
was
perfectly
proper
and
and
and
the
material
was
sent
to
his
address
of
record
so
well,
so
there's
no
there's
no
failing
on
the
point
there
and
the
part
of
the
city
clerk
here
in
delivering
these
materials.
There
were
with
you
I
believe
a
day
later,
and
so
the
failure
to
deliver
is
hardly
an
issue
that.
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I
would
suggest
that's
not
correct.
Sir,
a
personal
service
was
attempted
on
November
28th,
mr.
riddles
assistant
reached
out
on
the
29th.
He
received
notice
through
a
letter
that
was
not
the
comprehensive
package
on
November
29th
and
we
didn't
get
that
physical
package
until
December
3rd
so
just
a
few
days
ago.
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So
you
can
see
that
there
was
a
bunch
of
back-and-forth,
and
so
what
I'm
saying
is
you
know
when
you
try
and
serve
personally
with
somebody
who's,
not
out
of
town
challenges
arrive
sometimes,
and
that's
why
I'm
saying
not
to
be
critical,
but
I'm
also
saying
that,
from
a
practical
perspective,
there
hasn't
been
an
opportunity
to
properly
respond.
I.
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Respectfully,
the
rules
principally
provide
for
personal
service.
Part
of
the
reason
that
one
would
ask
for
personal
service
is
the
timeliness,
is
extremely
critical
a
week
in
terms
of
these
sort
of
serious
allegations
is
a
small
period
of
time
that
is
kind
of
within
the
framework
you
folks
are
dealt
with
you
having
30
days,
but
you
do
have
30
days
to
comply.
The
rules
do
contemplate
adjournments,
where
it's
necessary
to
suggest
that
you
know
there
are.
There
may
be
physical
records
there.
Maybe
there's
due
diligence
that
needs
to
be
completed.
Suppose.