Group wants public board to delay appointing director until after election

Ottawa Carleton District School Board trustees are being pressured to delay appointing a new director until after the municipal elections.
To make a decision now, with just weeks until October’s municipal election, would be anti-democratic, argues Richard Fransham of the grassroots group Uniting for Children and Youth.
“The rush to appoint a new director before October 22 is being seen as undemocratic and unconstructive,” he wrote to trustees. “It makes sense for the new