Supporting Documentation
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- Establishment of original Trust
- Governance - providing for community input into Trustee selection
- Vests the Trust into corporation
- Letter explaining the origins of the Trust written by the Trustees
- Trustees May Sell Lands, Invest and Adjust Fence Height.
- Grants the Trustees the ability to purchase lands outside of Toronto
Ontario Integrity Website Log: MPGC Lobbyists Access the Premier and Cabinet Office (link)
- Also visits to the Attorney General and the (former) Ministry of Government and Consumer Services - who have all refused to meet with Citizens.
MPGC Corporate By-Law of 1995 (link)
- The Disenfranchisement of the Members (Citizens of Toronto)
- 1. Feb 1997:Creation of "Commemorative Services Canada Inc" (a mirror the Trust, which was formerly called 'Commemorative Services of Ontario') 5 pages
- 2. Dec 1996: Creation of "Commemorative Services Inc" a subsidiary of the Trust (then under the former name of 'Commemorative Services of Ontario') 1 page
[Commemorative Services of Ontario=the Trust=MPGC then lent it money so that this company could buy a funeral home business from a third party]
- 3. Dec 1997: "Commemorative Services Canada Inc" (the mirror to the Trust) changes its name to 'Mount Pleasant Memorial Services' (at about the same time the Trust name changes to Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries). 2 pages
- 4. Apr 2003: Mount Pleasant Memorial Services (mirror to the Trust) removes the 15 year restriction on the number of years a director may serve, so current directors may be there for life. 2 pages
Letter from Tim Costigan to Minister Takhar of the Ministry of Small Business & Consumer Services (Nov 6 2008)(link)
- Requests that the Government enforce the law; current MPGC directors must resign and stand for proper election. The government has never responded.
Letter by the Federation of North Toronto Residents' Association (FONTRA) to Premier Dec 2008 (link)
- Requests that the Province enforce the law and restore the mandate of the Public Trust
Recommendations to restore MPGC accountability/transparency (link)
- Written by Moore Park Residents' Association, as requested by Ministry Government Services on May 2008, but never implemented
Public Guardian and Trustees Response (link)
- MPGC declared as a charitable organization but behaving otherwise
Letter to Public Guardian (link)
- Urgently requesting determination of MPGC’s powers to proceed with building plans