{"id":4610,"date":"2016-06-21T11:57:06","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T15:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ombudsmandemontreal.com\/?page_id=4610"},"modified":"2016-06-21T11:57:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T15:57:06","slug":"city-council-and-borough-councils-question-periods-charter-file-2015","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ombudsmandemontreal.com\/en\/cases-handled\/examples-of-charter-files\/miscellaneous\/city-council-and-borough-councils-question-periods-charter-file-2015","title":{"rendered":"City Council and Borough Councils \u2013 Question periods \u2013 Charter file (2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Section 322 of the <em>Cities and Towns Act <\/em>provides that any person who is present at a Council meeting is allowed to ask questions, in accordance with the applicable rules.\u00a0 Courts have interpreted this obligation very broadly.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, citizens are denied the right to ask a question for the sole reason that they do not reside in the Borough or the City.\u00a0 Such an approach does not comply with the law.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever we receive complaints of this nature, the <strong>OdM<\/strong> takes this opportunity to remind Borough Mayors and the Chairman of City Council of the applicable legislation.\u00a0 This was the case, in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Section 322 of the Cities and Towns Act provides that any person who is present at a Council meeting is allowed to ask questions, in accordance with the applicable rules.\u00a0 Courts have interpreted this obligation very broadly. 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