Seven Pointe-Claire city councillors who are opposed to Mayor Tim Thomas passed a resolution on Tuesday asking the Quebec Municipal Affairs Department for help to restore order. The lone dissenting councillor, Bruno Tremblay, and Mayor Thomas voted against the resolution at the special council meeting. Thomas called it “another unnecessary political tactic” by his adversaries that will undermine the city’s credibility and autonomy.
The motion, moved by councillor Kelly Thorstad-Cullen and seconded by councillor Paul Bissonnette, calls for the municipal affairs department’s assistance to “identify the nature of the problems and propose an action plan to improve the general functioning of the city.”
The council has been divided since the November 2021 municipal election, in which Thomas defeated incumbent mayor John Belvedere while six councillors aligned with Belvedere won their seats. Thomas introduced a temporary freeze on development projects and refused to exclude Cadillac Fairview’s redevelopment plans next to Fairview shopping centre.
Erin Tedford, one of the two councillors elected in 2021 and not aligned with Belvedere, resigned her seat after just over a year in office, citing “a disturbing level of anger and division.” The by-election to fill her seat was won by Claude Cousineau, the incumbent whom she had defeated in 2021.
The next general election is scheduled for November 2025. Thomas’s adversaries have on different occasions walked out of council meetings and called for him to resign. The resolution to call in the municipal affairs department was supported by several councillors who cited a lack of respect and leadership within the council. Thomas urged members of the public to view archived videos of past council meetings to see the conduct of people at the meetings.
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