Sudbury councillor broke code of conduct at meeting about homeless centre
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Ward 12 Coun. Joscelyne Landry-Altmann broke the city's code of conduct during an April 8, 2024, meeting in her ward at which she barred media coverage and allowed participants to viciously attack the people who ran a drop-in centre in the Flour Mill.
Ward 12 Coun. Joscelyne Landry-Altmann broke the city's code of conduct during an April 8, 2024, meeting in her ward at which she barred media coverage and allowed participants to viciously attack the people who ran a drop-in centre in the Flour Mill.
That's the conclusion of Greater Sudbury integrity commissioner David G. Boghosian, whose report goes to city council Sept. 3. For a separate issue, Boghosian also found Ward 7 Coun. Natalie Labbee also broke the code of conduct. Both reports will be dealt with Sept. 3.
In Landry-Altmann's case, she organized a Flour Mill Community Action Network meeting April 8 to discuss the Sudbury Centre for Transitional Care (SCTC).
The drop-in centre, which aims to help the homeless and other vulnerable people, had become a source of anger for many in the community, who believed it was bringing crime and drug use to the area.
Landry-Altmann ejected a Sudbury.com reporter from the meeting, stating "We don’t need the slant of some media person who wasn’t invited."
The SCTC began operating in March, and Landry-Altmann said that problems began soon after.
"These included concerns about increases in crime (violent crime, vandalism, threats, weapons possession, theft and robbery), drug use, prostitution, lewd behavior and aggressive panhandling," she said in response to the complaint to the integrity commissioner.
