Appointment of a Toronto Integrity Commissioner

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2024-10-09 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on October 9 and 10, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council appoint Paul Muldoon as Integrity Commissioner effective December 1, 2024, subject to and following written acceptance by the candidate of the prescribed Accountability Officer employment agreement offered by the City, for a 5-year non-renewable term ending on December 1, 2029, with all the powers and duties imposed upon the Integrity Commissioner by City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 3, Accountability Officers; for the purposes of ensuring transition, the employment contract for the candidate would state an employment start date of November 25, 2024, and an appointment start date of December 1, 2024.

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2. City Council authorize the public release of the Curriculum Vitae Summary in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report (October 2, 2024) from the Chair, Integrity Commissioner Selection Panel. The following Curriculum Vitae Summary for Paul Muldoon is now public: Employment History 2020 - present Member, Refugee Appeal Division, Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 2019 - present Part-Time Member, Environmental Protection Tribunal of Canada 2014 - 2019 Associate Chair, Assessment Review Board 2018 - 2019 Alternate Chair, - Environment Lands Tribunal Ontario 2006 - 2016 Vice-Chair, Environmental Review Tribunal 1998 - 2006 Executive Director, Canadian Environmental Law Association Teaching Appointments Adjunct Professor - School for the Environment, University of Toronto Instructor - Sessional Lecturer, School of the Environment, University of Toronto (1990-2019) Instructor - Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University (1993 to 2009) Instructor - Bar Admission Course - Public Law - Law Society of Upper Canada, (1994 to 2000, 2003) Education Certificate of Achievement, Stitt Feld Handy Group - Basic and Advanced Mediation Courses (2006) Bar Admission Course - Law Society of Ontario McGill University (Institute for Comparative Law) - LL.M. (Masters of Law) McMaster University (Department of Political Science) - M.A. (Masters of Arts) University of Ottawa (Faculty of Law) LL.B. (Bachelor of Laws) Wilfrid Laurier University (Department of Political Science) Hons. B.A. (Bachelor of Arts)

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I am pleased to transmit the report from the Selection Panel recommending the appointment of an Integrity Commissioner as identified in the confidential attachment. Toronto's Integrity Commissioner, Jonathan Batty, was appointed by City Council at its meeting on October 29, 2019 for a non-renewable five-year term. The Integrity Commissioner's term ends on November 30, 2024 or until the recruitment process for a new Integrity Commissioner is completed, whichever comes first.

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The Integrity Commissioner Selection Panel undertook a comprehensive recruitment process to recommend a preferred candidate to City Council. The Selection Panel was assisted by an independent external search firm. I want to thank the Selection Panel for their participation in the recruitment process and for their efforts to ensure a successful outcome for this very important position.

Staff recommended

The Chair, Integrity Commissioner Selection Panel recommends that: 1. City Council appoint as Integrity Commissioner the candidate identified in Confidential Attachment 1 to this report, effective December 1, 2024, subject to and following written acceptance by the candidate of the prescribed Accountability Officer employment agreement offered by the City, for a 5-year non-renewable term ending on December 1, 2029, with all the powers and duties imposed upon the Integrity Commissioner by Chapter 3, Accountability Officers, of the City of Toronto Municipal Code.

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For the purposes of ensuring transition, the employment contract for the candidate would state an employment start date of November 25, 2024, and an appointment start date of December 1, 2024. 2. City Council authorize the public release of the Curriculum Vitae Summary in Confidential Attachment 1 to the report from the Chair, Integrity Commissioner Selection Panel, upon City Council's approval of the appointment.

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