N.W.T MLAs suspend chief electoral officer until end of her term
CBC
The Northwest Territories chief electoral officer has been relieved of her duties.
Nicole Latour says she got the news she was suspended in a letter from Speaker Frederick Blake a week ago, but said she had decided long before that she wants nothing more to do with the job. "I'm just so frustrated," said Latour during a telephone interview on Monday. Latour was one of four people who filed formal complaints against the clerk of the legislature, Tim Mercer. Three of the complainants, including her, accused Mercer of workplace bullying. Another accused him of a privacy breach. A $380,000 investigation by an Ottawa consulting firm found there were problems in the clerk's office that needed to be addressed, but largely dismissed bullying allegations against Mercer. The investigation also found that Mercer had breached confidentiality rules when he quoted from a confidential report on a prior bullying allegation against him. "They've spun it like it's just sour grapes," said Latour. "People who know me know I'm not like that." According to a briefing attached to the agenda for one of the legislature's regular, highly secretive "caucus" meetings that include all MLAs, the Legislative Assembly's board of management decided to not reappoint Latour to another term after her term expires at the end of the month.
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