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Our Petition With financial scandals surfacing one after another we have circulated a petition for the Provincial Government of Ontario to undertake a forensic audit of the City's Finances. The petition containing 2610 signatures was tabled in the Provincial Legislature on Monday 18th November 2002. A response will be forthcoming within 21 days. To
the Legislative Assembly of Ontario Whereas the citizens of Windsor Ontario have been presented with a plan which acknowledges a debt of $225,000,000 by the year 2005 Whereas City Council has been unable to control the city’s administration leading to unauthorized multi-million dollar contracts Whereas the Mayor and a majority of councilors have failed to provide communal services and infrastructure maintenance efficiently and at the lowest possible cost Whereas The Mayor and City Council have been reckless in the use of land expropriation leading to the loss of millions of tax dollars Whereas City Council have used in-camera meetings to excess whereby depriving the citizens of Windsor of important public information Whereas City Council has arbitrarily reduced public meetings from weekly to bi-weekly coupled with a 5 minute limit for delegates to make a presentation drastically reducing public scrutiny and input Whereas City Council continues to enter into further unmandated risky commercial undertakings the pursuit of which continues to divert tax dollars from necessary expenditures Whereas there have been cases of criminal behaviour by members of the administrative staff which have been dealt with under a cloak of secrecy denying citizens their right to know the extent of the damage they have sustained Whereas taxpayers in the City of Toronto have benefited from a forensic audit, the taxpayers of the City of Windsor believe that an arms length investigation is essential. Whereas a significant number of the citizens of Windsor no longer trust City Council to take care of their interests We the undersigned petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as Follows. Request the Minister of Municipal Affairs to immediately undertake a forensic audit of the City of Windsor’s finances and administrative procedures.
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