Union locals urge Ontario college president to retire over 'derogatory' comments about women, foreign students

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Two union groups at Conestoga College are condemning “derogatory” comments by the Kitchener, Ont., school’s president and calling for him to consider retiring, as the college conducts an internal review.

Locals 237 and 238 of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) sent a joint letter to Conestoga on Friday that condemns John Tibbits’s “derogatory comments,” reportedly made during a recent presentation about the college’s impact on the community and economy.   

Last week, Tibbits was heard referring to David Orazietti, the president of Sault College in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., as a “whore,” the website CambridgeToday reported.

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Tibbits’s comments came after Orazietti called Conestoga College a “bad actor” when it comes

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