Joe Fontana has backed out of a meeting in Ottawa of Canada?s urban mayors, and the city councillor sent in his place says he doesn?t know why the embattled politician isn?t there.
The mayor?s assistant has refused to explain why Fontana decided to back out of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities conference, being held Thursday in the nation?s capital and at which London will now be represented by Coun. Harold Usher.
In a radio interview Thursday morning, Usher said he wasn?t told where Fontana has gone ? only that he wouldn?t be in Ottawa.
?I don?t know why he?s not here,? Usher told AM 1290?s Steve Garrison. ?He asked me to go because he could not make it. I haven?t got a clue. I was just told he could not make it and could I come.?
Fontana?s assistant, Jennifer Buchanan, told The Free Press the mayor has ?left the city for a couple of days with his wife.? It?s ?a family thing,? she said, adding ?I didn?t say it was an emergency.?
Coun. Judy Bryant is serving as acting mayor until Saturday, when, according to city staff, Fontana will have returned to work.
The FCM conference, a meeting of Canada?s so-called Big City Mayors, is focused on building a plan to push for federal funding to help Canadian cities rebuild old infrastructure, such as roads and bridges.
Usher told Garrison, on a scale of one to 10, 10 being the most important, he considers the issue ?Number 9.?
The mayor has been under fire since The Free Press revealed tax dollars paid the deposit on the 2005 wedding reception for Fontana?s son.
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