Ottawa councillor violated Code of Conduct in interactions with daycare staff last summer [Video]

The City of Ottawa’s integrity commissioner has found West-Carleton March Coun. Clarke Kelly violated the Code of Conduct for city officials and recommends he be reprimanded following an altercation with a local daycare owner and staff last summer.

Integrity commissioner Karen Shepherd in her report found Kelly breached Section 4 General Integrity, which outlines ethics and principles members are expected to uphold, and Section 7 Discrimination and Harassment, which requires councillors to treat members of the public with respect.

The investigation looked at three incidents on July 3, 2024 when Kelly confronted staff of the West Carleton Kids Korner Daycare adjacent to his constituency office in Kinburn. Kelly told CTV News during an interview after the incident that issues between the daycare and his office had been going on for several years.

While participating in a planning and housing committee meeting in his office virtually, Kelly became frustrated with the noise outside his exterior office windows …