Barrie Integrity commissioner recommends removal of Downtown BIA Chair
BARRIE, ONT. -- The city's integrity commissioner is recommending Barrie city council vote to remove Rob Hamilton as Downtown BIA chair. The former Barrie Mayor and current BIA chair is facing possible removal after comments he made during a zoom meeting in the Fall of 2020, which lead to a formal complaint last month. During the September 22nd meeting, the report says when a BIA board member introduced the topic of the Safe Consumption site being considered downtown by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, Hamilton claimed that "downtown is not comfortable or safe and that people ...