Dispute over homelessness lawsuit comes to a head at Regina city hall Wednesday
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A dispute that can be traced back nearly a year is set to come to a head on Wednesday as Regina city council decides what to do with two of its members who the city's integrity commissioner has ruled violated the council's code of ethics bylaw.
The report from integrity commissioner Angela Kruk will be debated this afternoon.
The report recommends Ward 6 Coun. Dan LeBlanc and Ward 3 Coun. Andrew Stevens write an apology to city manager Niki Anderson over their actions during a budget dispute that has seen allegations of sexism, harassment and political retribution tossed back and forth.
Last June, council unanimously voted to direct city administration to figure out how much it would cost to end homelessness in the city.
According to meeting minutes published on the city's website, administration was to have that cost as a "clearly demarcated in a line item of its own."
When a preliminary budget document was released in November, city administration provided the estimated figure of $122.5 million needed to implement a housing-first model to address homelessness, but did not include a recommendation to move forward, citing the high cost of the project to the city's residents.
As a result LeBlanc, who is also a lawyer, represented Stevens and Florence Stratton, a well-known social activist, in a lawsuit against Anderson on Nov. 22.
The lawsuit attempt to compel her office to include a line item describing the cost of ending homelessness in the 2023 city budget.
While that lawsuit would ultimately fail, the fallout continued through the first month of this year, culminating in the report tabled by Kruk.
The report by Kruk revealed that LeBlanc met with Anderson, who had started her position at the beginning of that month, on Nov. 17.
LeBlanc informed the city manager that if she did not include the funding for homelessness in the proposed draft budget, he would file a court application against her office.
"While I accept that the respondents did not target Ms. Anderson personally, the lawsuit still had a considerable negative impact on her professionally and personally," Kruk wrote in the report.
"I know this, not only because I heard this directly from Ms. Anderson, but also because the lawsuit would have had a negative impact on any person in Ms. Anderson's position."
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