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Not the full picture. Built from public records, which leave things out.Read by hand, Oct 2026DetailsThis is built from public records, which leave a lot out, and some of it may be wrong or out of date. Check the sources, and tell us if you spot a mistake. What this site can't tell you
Read by hand. We read Kapuskasing's own documents for this site in October 2026; the Sources page lists which ones. The comparisons with other places still come from the Province's yearly reports.

Council

Who decides, and how you can hold them to account

Kapuskasing is run by an elected council of 7 people. They set the budget, approve big purchases and hire the senior staff who run the town day to day.

Current council

  • MayorDave Plourde
  • CouncillorMelanie Breton
  • CouncillorMartin Dinnissen
  • CouncillorGary Fortin
  • CouncillorKen Munnoch
  • CouncillorAnne-Marie Leblanc
  • CouncillorBruce Newton

Names and official email addresses from the town's council page. None of the members lists a public social media account there.

How open is Kapuskasing?

What a resident can find online without asking, as of October 5, 2026.

  • Partly
    Budgets posted online

    The Town posts operating, capital, water and sewer budgets for 2018 to 2026 on one page. Those for 2018 to 2024 are PDFs on the Town's own file host. The 2025 and 2026 budgets are links to Adobe's online viewer, which Adobe's robots.txt does not allow automated tools to open. We could not read them. They may be readable in a person's browser. The only readable 2024 budget we opened has table labels that do not line up with its numbers in the text layer, so we did not use it. Source

  • Partly
    Audited financial statements

    Consolidated statements are posted for 2018 to 2024. Those for 2018 to 2022 are direct PDFs. The 2023 and 2024 statements are links to Adobe's online viewer that we could not read. The 2022 statements carry a clean opinion ("present fairly") from Baker Tilly HKC dated September 18, 2023. We did not find 2025 statements. Source

  • Yes
    Council agendas and minutes

    The Town says regular Council meetings are held once a month and sends readers to a CivicWeb portal for agendas and minutes. The portal's robots.txt blocks automated reading, so we did not open it and did not check whether minutes are up to date or videos are posted. Source

  • Unknown
    Council pay and expenses (s. 284)

    We did not find a yearly statement of council remuneration and expenses on the pages we read. Source

  • Unknown
    Tender results

    The Town's Bids and Tenders page points to an outside tender service. We did not look for awarded contracts. Source

  • Partly
    Mayoral decisions under strong mayor powers

    The Town lists mayoral decisions by number and title on its Agendas and Minutes page. The decisions themselves are links we could not read. Source

Where the town speaks for itself

Kapuskasing's official channels, as linked from its own website. Council members may also post on their own pages; we link only to official municipal channels.

Ask for the records

Anyone can ask the town for its records under Ontario's Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA). You do not have to say why. Here is how it works, and the wording for the records that would answer the questions on this site.

  1. Send the request in writing to the town clerk (the freedom of information coordinator), on the town’s form or in a letter, with the $5 application fee.
  2. Describe the records, not the answer you want. Dates, departments and the kind of record (a list, invoices, emails) make a request quicker and cheaper.
  3. The town has 45 business days to answer (the law changed in 2026; older guides say 30 days). It can charge for search time and copies, but must send an estimate first if the fees will be over $25.
  4. Some parts can be held back, such as legal advice or personal information about other people. The town must say which part of the law it relied on.
  5. If you are refused, or the fees seem too high, you can appeal to the Information and Privacy Commissioner within 30 business days of the town’s decision.

The town's request form (on its Forms page) · The law · Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

  • Solar companies' financial statements and loan documents

    Notes 8, 13 and 23 of the 2022 statements show $14,813,519 lent to the solar companies, a deficit of $8,824,835 and $14,206,444 of guaranteed loans. Note 23 says the energy company's full statements can be obtained from the Town. Related question: Why did the Town, at the end of 2022, lend $14,813,519 to its solar companies with no set repayment dates, and guarantee another $14,206,444 of their bank loans?.

    Show the request wordingHide the wording
    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request: (1) the complete financial statements of Énergie Kapuskasing Energy Inc. for 2022 to 2025; (2) the agreements for the notes receivable from Énergie Kapuskasing Energy Inc. and Solaire Kapuskasing Solar Inc.; (3) the Town's guarantee agreements for the loans listed in note 23 of the 2022 consolidated financial statements; and (4) the Town's schedule of amounts owing from these companies at December 31, 2024 and 2025.

  • The 2026 mayoral decisions and the budget reports behind them

    The Agendas and Minutes page lists MD-2026-01 to MD-2026-04 but the documents are not readable by automated tools. Related question: How did Council take part in the 2026 budgets, now that they are listed as mayoral decisions?.

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    Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, I request copies of mayoral decisions MD-2025-01 and MD-2026-01 to MD-2026-04 as signed, the budget reports and presentations considered by Council for the 2026 operating, capital, water and sewer budgets, and the minutes recording Council's discussion of them.

The wording is a starting point, not legal advice. Narrow the dates if the town says a request is too broad or too costly.

How to raise a concern

From the gentlest step to the most serious. Start at the top.

  1. Integrity Commissioner

    The Town says Council has appointed Probity Municipal Consulting as its Integrity Commissioner, who handles Code of Conduct complaints. Complaints go through the Clerk's Office. We did not find any Integrity Commissioner reports on the pages we read.

  2. Closed meeting investigator: Ontario Ombudsman

    The Town says the Ontario Ombudsman is its closed meeting investigator and gives the Ombudsman's complaint details. We did not look for reports about Kapuskasing.

  3. Registry of declarations of pecuniary interest

    The Town says it has kept a registry since January 2019 and posts it as "Registry of Declarations of Pecuniary Interest (2019 to 2023)" with a list of declaration forms by meeting for 2024 and 2025. The files are behind an Adobe link that we could not read, so we did not use them.