Mission – (with files from Black Press) – On November 1, 2023, Council for the City of Mission resolved to censure Councillor Herar for conduct unbecoming a member of City Council in breach of the City’s Code of Responsible Conduct (2020).
As a result, Council resolved to:
Remove Councillor Herar from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee for one year.
Request Council Herar pledge to immediate and ongoing compliance with the Code of Responsible Conduct.
Require Councillor Herar to attend one on one coaching or other training respecting the nuances of the role of City Councillor.
Issue Councillor Herar with a formal warning letter.
The FVN story from November 2023 is here.
On August 12, 2025, A Provincial judge ordered the censure of Mission Coun. Ken Herar “quashed and set aside in its entirety”.
From the Judges Decision ( the entire document can be found here.)
[60] The resolution of Council dated November 1, 2023, is quashed and set aside
in its entirety. Given this decision, it is my view that I need not make further or
specific orders regarding the balance of the relief sought in the petition and the later
application which was filed on March 14, 2024, save and except as to costs.
[61] The material indicates that Mission reimbursed the petitioner for certain of his
legal expenses regarding this process. I am unaware of the continuing obligations of
Mission in this regard and arising from local custom or legislation, but pursuant to
the Supreme Court Civil Rules, I am of the view that the petitioner is entitled to his
costs at Scale B.
