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A Ontario mayor just won a major legal victory against her own township, striking down a bylaw that forced her to route all public communications through her chief administrative officer. The judge ruled the rule unfairly singled her out and undermined her role as elected leader. Though the bylaw passed in October 2024 with her as the lone dissenting vote, the integrity commissioner had accused her of bypassing protocol. The court sided with her, ordering the township to pay $3,000 in legal costs. The mayor, now rallying community support ahead of her re-election bid, says the ruling reaffirms elected officials’ right to speak for their constituents — and that taxpayer money spent on this legal battle should be accounted for. With council silence since the ruling, she’s turning focus to pressing local needs like ferry upgrades.

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