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By Robert Frank<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Quebec\u2019s election authority confirmed that it is assessing a news release issued last week by outgoing Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board (SWLSB) chairman Nick Milas.<\/p>\n

The news release, published on SWLSB letterhead and posted on the school board\u2019s website, Oct. 21, castigated his political opponents for having questioned whether Milas\u2019 travel to India had violated SWLSB ethics guidelines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not putting students first,\u201d Milas wrote, in a blatant swipe at outgoing school commissioner Steve Bletas, who is leading the Students First<\/i> ticket into the Nov. 2 SWLSB election.<\/p>\n

Spokesman Denis Dion confirmed that Elections Quebec is analyzing the news release to determine whether the use of the school board\u2019s name and taxpayer-funded resources to publish the news release violated the province\u2019s election laws.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring an election period, we have to examine every public intervention of an incumbent chair or trustee,\u201d Dion told The Suburban.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe law says that \u2018During an election, no person other than an authorized candidate may incur or authorize electoral expenses,\u2019\u201d he said in an interview. \u201cThe cost of any goods or services during an election period to promote…directly or indirectly the election of a candidate…is an election expense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dion added that Elections Quebec is mindful that school boards continue to operate during elections, and that the incumbents continue to administer them. Whether wrongdoing took place boils down to the answer to a single question.<\/p>\n

\u201cWas it an administrative gesture or was it a political gesture? This is analyzed on a case-by-case basis,\u201d Dion explained, \u201cand we need to have enough information to be able to characterize the intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n

As this week\u2019s edition of the newspaper went to press, Dion told The Suburban<\/i> that he expected that Elections Quebec would complete its analysis before voters go to polling stations on Sunday to vote in the SWLSB election.
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