LILLEY: Chris Moise violated city code with racist accusation but still won't apologize
· Toronto Sun
City Councillor Chris Moise is proving once again that he has no class.
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Chastised by the integrity commissioner for calling a constituent names, Moise is responding by try to insult the constituent once again.
It dates back to the city’s decision to rename Yonge-Dundas Square and Moise’s inability to deal with anyone who disagrees with him.
On Jan. 16, 2025, Daniel Tate – a resident of Moise’s ward – appeared before committee at City Hall as a citizen while the committee was discussing renaming Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square. Tate opposed the renaming, rightly pointing out that contrary to what councillors were claiming, Henry Dundas did not support slavery and in fact supported abolition.
Moise responded to Tate by calling him a racist during his testimony and then after the meeting called Tate a white supremacist.
“I know you have a white supremacy view…” Moise said as Tate was questioning him about what else he planned to rename.
When Tate asked Moise to apologize, the councillor doubled down.
“I will never apologize, because you are,” Moise said.
That exchange led to a pair of complaints about Moise being filed with Toronto’s Integrity Commissioner Paul Muldoon. In his report, which will be debated at council next week, Muldoon found Moise violated the city’s Code of Conduct.
“After reviewing the evidence and submissions, I find the Respondent violated Article 14 (Discreditable Conduct) of the Code of Conduct, because he acted in a derogatory manner towards an individual, while in his official role,” Muldoon wrote.
While he stated that Tate can be aggressive in questioning Moise and is a vocal critic, the councillor did not need to engage and definitely didn’t need to be derogatory.
The Integrity Commissioner can recommend that council impose a penalty on councillors who violate the code, but in the case of Moise, there is no call for a penalty and that’s partly due to racism.
“The lived experience of the Respondent as a racialized person in a world where we acknowledge systemic racism is real and persistent,” the report states along with other mitigating factors.
Tate, who has since founded a City Hall watchdog group called IntegrityTO , said he welcomed the report.
“This kind of derogatory rhetoric fuels toxic, divisive discourse and erodes trust in public officials. When citizens fear reputational harm for speaking out, democracy itself is weakened,” Tate said.
Tate disappointed no penalty levied against Moise
That said, he was disappointed there was no call for a penalty.
“The decision to impose no penalty based on a vague notion of “systemic racism” lacks justification and undermines confidence in the Integrity Commissioner,” Tate said in a statement.
So how is the councillor who violated the code of conduct reacting?
Well, he certainly isn’t apologizing for calling his constituent a white supremacist. Asked to respond to the report, Moise, through his office, responded to Tate.
“For someone who claims to be a winner, he sure seems sore – which tells you everything,” Moise said in an email.
Moise didn’t say a single word about the report and is standing by his despicable description of Tate.
Councillors shouldn’t be throwing around terms like racist or accusing their constituents of having a “white supremacy view” without any evidence to support that.
Daniel Tate is neither a racist nor a white supremacist and it’s disgusting that Moise used those terms, didn’t apologize, still won’t admit he’s wrong in light of the report, and won’t face a penalty from council.
Moise should do the right thing and apologize, but he’s shown he doesn’t have the class to do the right thing.