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Suburban Montreal mayor pleads guilty, faces $30,000 fine after anti-Palestine posts

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Glorieux-Stryckman, M. (2026, October 23). Suburban Montreal mayor pleads guilty, faces $30,000 fine after anti-Palestine posts. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/suburban-montreal-mayor-pleads-guilty-faces-30-000-fine-after-anti-palestine-posts/article_993d80d9-fe8b-55a8-8cb0-e5d93f505518.html

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Toronto Star · collected 2026-10-24 · by Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman

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Jeremy Levi, the mayor of Hampstead in suburban Montreal, has pleaded guilty to violating professional ethics due to anti-Palestine social media posts and will be fined $30,000 by the Quebec order of professional accountants. The complaint against him was filed with the accounting body, leading to this legal action on Thursday.
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Hampstead Mayor Jeremy Levi pleaded guilty on Thursday to a professional ethics breach after complaints from the Quebec order of professional accountants over his anti-Palestinian social media posts. He faces a $30,000 fine and mandatory training following comments made between January 2024 and February 2025 that allegedly undermined the reputation of the profession. Levi's lawyer and the Town of Hampstead did not comment on the ruling.

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Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman
18 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
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Hampstead MONTREAL Palestine Quebec

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MONTREAL GPE · 2× Hampstead GPE · 1× Jeremy Levi PERSON · 1× Palestine GPE · 1× Quebec GPE · 1×

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The mayor of a Montreal suburb pleaded guilty to a professional ethics breach and faces a $30,000 fine over comments he made about Palestine.
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🔮 The mayor of a Montreal suburb pleaded guilty to a professional ethics breach and faces a $30,000 fine over comments he made about Palestine.

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The mayor of a Montreal suburb pleaded guilty to a professional ethics breach and faces a $30,000 fine over comments he made about Palestine. asserted
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Hampstead Mayor Jeremy Levi entered his plea on Thursday after a complaint to the Quebec order of professional accountants. asserted
Levi → enter → accountants
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