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HB NEWS DETAILS RELEASED ON TRUSTEE CODE OF CONDUCT INVESTIGATION ROLAND CILLIERS. rcilliers@metroland.com A previously confiden- jal 110-page investigation report on Halton Catholic school board trustee Hele- na Karabela's code of con- duct violations was re- leased to the public on Oct. 11 following an Oct. 4 vote by trustees. The report documents a series of email newsletters sent out by the Oakville trustee from February to July 2022. The emails touch on a wide range of topics and in- clude titles like 'Take Ac- tion Today to Remove Stu- these emails violated a number of aspects of the Trustee Code of Conduct policy, including Section 4, which states: "A trustee may not make disparaging remarks Trustee or group of ‘Trust. ees in expressing such comment or disagreement or speculate on the motives of a trustee or group of trustee: When asked for com- ment, Karabela said she be- lieves the release of the re- port at this time is an at- tempt to influence the re- of the upcoming n. olleagues are in- sharing the details of the report with the public. They decided to release the sport the week before election week," said Kara- bela. Representatives from the board disagree with the argument that the release of the report was connect- ed to Karabela's re-election campaign. HCDSB Chair Marvin Duarte said the decision was made following sever- al requests to do so by rate- payers and in the spirit of full transparency with the public. “If you look at the time- line, a normal thorough dent Mask Mandates' and _terfering with theelections process was followed and ‘The Vote Against Aborti- inthewaytheyhandledthe there was no ‘intentional facient Contraception is Trustee Code of Conduct delay'as being perpetrated might!" allegations, and even and the trustee's re-elec- The report claims that worse, with the delay in tion outcome was never a HELENA KARABELA consideration in releasing the report. It should be not- ed from the evidence in the complaint that the fre- quency of Trustee Karabe- las HCDSB photo Attack in the Halton Cath- olic District School Board,’ sent out on July 2, 2022, the trustee argues that her mo- tion to ban fundraising to that t support to ratepay- had ramped up in the months leading to elec- tions, which led toa Code of direct — steriliz: ruled out of onder ‘for ‘bi ased and faulty reasoning." to vote for my pro-life mo- tions, yet the pattern of vot- it not only are they anti-life, but they are anti-democracy," reads the email included in the re- port. Karabela said she be- lieves she has the support of her constituents. "Iam confident the tax- N will vin- 8 payers of Oakville dicate me on election day with my re-election... I look forward to the only poll that counts, the voting of the electors on Monday." ings of the HCDSB over the last term have repeatedly included outbursts, rruptions and trustees seid re- moved from the meeting. A 2021 report from a third party on the board's con- duct highlighted multiple Conduct complaint andin- Shegoesontospeculateon the board table. vestigation during this pe- the motives of the trustees The full code of conduct riod," said Duarte. who opposed the motion. investigation report on Ka- In one email Karabela “Every authentic pro- rabela is available on the titled "Democracy is under life person would be happy HCDSB's website. AIRE ONE HEATING & COOLING UPGRADE TO A HIGH EFFICIENCY SYSTEM & RECEIVE ~ SEe@ \ 10 Year Factory Warranty a Ces - ye *Call for Details ! Watson Investments “Our clients enjoy talking about their retirement dreams and we enjoy helping them get there.” Peter & Jennifer & ‘kepsinys | a ° 3 = 8 8 | * eC Cc ip wf wt ion"? am — 10 Year Factory Warranty t t ' t ' 1 Bi OAKVI LLE 1-888-827-2665 Accepting new clients. Please visit it com to book a free consultation. Offering safe virtual meetings and e-signatures for new client onboarding. info@watsoninvestments.com & (905) 842-2100 Jennifer Watson MBA, CFP®, CIM® Peter Watson MBA, CFP®, R.F.P., CIM®, FCS! i 3 3