01210pab a2200169 454500008004000000100002100040245006800061260000900129300001500138362000800153520069500161650001400856773003500870909001100905999001900916952010500935180718b2015   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aSancton, Andrew   aWhat is a meeting? Municipal councils and the Ontario ombudsman  c2015  ap.426-443.  aSep  aIn recent decisions, the Ontario ombudsman has developed his own definition of a meeting of a municipal council. The definition derives more from American statutes and judicial decisions than from any prior interpretation of Ontario (or other Canadian) law. The ombudsman's rulings claim that the law prevents municipal councillors from meeting together informally to lay the groundwork necessary for the council to exercise its authority. He mistakenly suggests that the policy-making process is much more open at the federal and provincial levels of government. His rulings unduly restrain groups of municipal councillors from organizing themselves to promote policy change. - Reproduced.  aOmbudsman  aCanadian Public Administration  a109498  c109493d109493  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 58, Issue no: 3pAR109958r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR