Western Standard - December 13, 2023


Gondek refuses to apologize for missing Calgary menorah lighting


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

170.0864

Word Count

210

Sentence Count

1


Summary

Mayor Gondek apologizes to the jewish community for missing the menorah lighting. Council votes in favor of the integrity commissioner's report, and the report is tabled before the public, and a majority of council agreed with it.


Transcript

00:00:00.240 okay all right uh just your comments on the integrity commissioner's report yes i thought
00:00:05.920 the integrity commissioner's report was um very carefully written and very carefully presented to
00:00:10.560 us you can see that the majority of council felt that way as well mayor gondek will you be apologizing
00:00:14.880 to the jewish community for missing the menorah lighting i have spoken with members of the jewish
00:00:18.640 community who have reached out to me i've reached out to many members of the jewish community as
00:00:22.400 well mr cross uh you put me on the spot here uh i guess what does it say about you know council's
00:00:30.080 action here with the integrity commissioner's report about council conducting themselves in public you
00:00:37.040 know in a situation like how the gravity of the job in in and of itself and maybe council mcclain
00:00:44.720 apparently taking it for granted i think it's important to read the report of the integrity
00:00:50.000 commissioner and understand that council wholeheartedly supported what she had to say
00:00:55.040 and uh the recommendations that she provided um you know we took those to heart so the report is
00:01:03.360 tabled before the public please have a look at it the majority of your council agreed with it thank you
00:01:07.840 very much