Mayor Harold McQuaker photographed in the Emo municipal office with a novelty cheque in December 2024. Mayor Harold McQuaker has been formally reprimanded by Emo's council and will lose 60 days’ pay after the municipality’s integrity commissioner found that he personally accepted thousands of dollars raised for the benefit of the Township and its taxpayers and failed to disclose the gift. The integrity commissioner’s report, presented to council on August 11, found that McQua

The Township of Emo and Mayor Harold McQuaker have lost their latest attempt to overturn a landmark Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decision finding that they discriminated against Borderland Pride. In a decision released today, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissed the Township's and McQuaker's request for reconsideration of its November 2024 decision in Borderland Pride v. Emo (Township). The Tribunal concluded that the request for reconsideration was filed 597 da