the subject is on the agenda at the annual union of b.c. municipalities convention next month, with resolutions seeking to tackle harassment, intimidation and threats directed from the public toward elected officials and local government staff.
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earlier this year, after a series of senior osoyoos staffers quit their jobs in quick succession, the town’s chief administrative officer told local news outlet the times chronicle that most of the current job vacancies were “a direct result of the efforts of a few vocal members of the community.”
that group’s activity included “verbal abuse and threats hurled at town staff both during work hours and off-work hours,” the times chronicle reported , as well as notes left on vehicles and social media posts including talk of dragging the cao out of town behind a truck.
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and while misinformation flourishes on facebook, canadians have been unable to access real news by professional journalists on the platform since its parent company meta banned it last year .
kamloops — one of a few b.c. councils grappling lately with a fractious workplace environment — is bringing a resolution to address “bullying, harassment and other inappropriate treatment” of local government staff and elected officials at the hands of other local politicians. the resolution would ask the b.c. government to amend the workers compensation act so that policies and safeguards against harassment would apply to inappropriate conduct by an elected official.
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