TDSB Warned Biased Complaint Process Victimized Jewish Trustee

Now let’s dig a little deeper. Trustee Laskin asked the Integrity Commissioner several questions about who this Independent Investigator was, and how they came to be appointed. The Integrity Commissioner’s response hardly instilled confidence about that process. It appears that the Integrity Commissioner made that decision by herself, based on her “experience”, with no apparent objective criteria, collegial review or consultation, or vetting process.  

Next, Trustee Laskin asked a question about the Independent Investigator’s impartiality. Again, the answer was hardly satisfactory. The Board heard some generic comments that the Independent Investigator represented themselves as free of conflict of interest, but there was no evidence presented of due diligence procedures to ascertain the Independent Investigator’s impartiality.

 Of course, the Independent Investigator’s impartiality is the foundation on which their report depends, and is the foundation for the Integrity Commissioner’s report. Without the Independent Investigator being impartial, the whole investigation collapses like a house of cards.

The Independent Investigator was the firm of Parker Sim LLP; the individuals fulfilling that role were the principals of that firm, Cenobar Parker and Morgan Sim. Morgan Sim has an extensive history on social media. Over 4,000 Twitter entries. I suggest someone at the TDSB take a good hard look at that social media history. As just one example, there’s an entry that she made on February 21, 2019:

“Yes!  Also @Sean Robichaud, did you read Klippenstein’s op-ed?  It is a clear denial of the lived experience of racialized lawyers full of dog whistles about how social justice warriors are allegedly coming for the Jews and other nonsense.”