Mayor Clark’s Response

MAYOR CLARK RESPONSE TO COURT OF KING’S BENCH RULING IN THE JUDICIAL REVIEW

August 26, 2024 - I am very pleased that our Superior Court restored my powers, duties and salary -

finding that these sanctions were overwhelmingly disproportionate to the public questions I raised

during our August 21, 2023 council meeting.

I also want to express my sincere gratitude to all of my supporters through this process!

I will be seeking assistance from the court to cover my legal costs. In the meantime, I plan to

continue to work with council to put this matter fully behind us and get on with attending to the

business of the great city of Medicine Hat, which is what we were all elected to do.

I believe that all parties involved, including myself, have learned valuable lessons from this

experience. For example, in June, council voted unanimously to direct administration to establish

an Integrity Commissioner that would deal with Code of Conduct complaints and provide members

of council with advice in relation to Code of Conduct compliance. This as a huge step in the right

direction.

However, I would continue to urge the Provincial Government to support the success of Alberta

municipal governments, the level of government closest to Albertans, by creating an independent

office of Municipal Integrity and Ethics Commissioner.