Section 270 of the Municipal Act requires that all municipalities and their local boards must adopt and maintain a policy regulating the manner in which the municipality will try to ensure that it is accountable to the public for its actions, and the manner in which the municipality will try to ensure that its actions are transparent to the public.
Example policies
- Arnprior
- Barrie
- Belleville
- Brampton
- Collingwood
- Cornwall
- Greater Sudbury
- Guelph
- Killarney
- Kingston
- London
- Oakville
- Ottawa
- Port Hope
- Waterloo Region
- Wellington North
- Windsor
What if my municipality does not have this policy?
If you can’t find a copy of your municipality’s policy, contact your municipal clerk and members of council politely ask where you might access it.
If does not exist, remind them that it is required under the Municipal Act.
If they do not or are not able to produce one, the next step is to submit a Freedom of Information Act request under Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) to obtain a copy of it.
See: What to do if your municipality won’t provide a document required by law
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