Thread by @KatePorterCBC

The mayor and incoming police board chair Eli El-Chantiry thanked Matt Torigian for not coming to Ottawa after all to be the interim police chief, and for his "extremely gracious handling of this difficult situation."

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We did not hear back directly from Mr. Torigian today, but did try to learn more about him, given his hiring caused such debate last night. He had been chief of the Waterloo Region until 2014.
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We'd seen he was named in an affidavit (for passing women over for promotions) in a broader proposed class action lawsuit related to gender-based harassment. That class action never ended up being certified by the courts. cbc.ca/news/canada/ki…

He left Waterloo to become Deputy Minister of Community Safety in the Ontario government. And then I found his name came up 86 times in the 2019 integrity commissioner report into Premier Doug Ford related to the naming of Ron Taverner as OPP commissioner.
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Of course, that appointment was big news, you'll remember. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

There was a whole section in that Ontario IC report on Torigian's departure from the Ontario government, b/c he was involved in the OPP appointment process. It was suggested he seek a career change, because Ford's then chief-of-staff Dean French didn't have confidence in him.

And, of course, Dean French resigned as chief of staff in June of 2019 over patronage appointments.

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I make no link whatsoever, but coincidentally Dean French's name surfaced during these past few weeks of protests in the capital for acting as the go-between the mayor and the protesters: cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

Anyway, there was some mention during that fractious, unprecedented council meeting last night about doing some Googling.
So I did some Googling and thought I'd share what I found while looking up the city's interim police chief who didn't remain the interim chief.