The hearing for a proposed liquor licence at a convenience store near Western University in London, Ont., has been postponed after concerns were raised about a potential conflict of interest involving the tribunal chairperson.London, Ont. labour group and politicians against 7-Eleven selling alcohol near Western campus
“Normally we would have had maybe 15 minutes or half an hour of preliminary matters. We ended up sitting for like five hours,” said David Heap, one of the objectors and a professor at Western University. “That was largely because none of us knew in advance who the decider was going to be.”Heap plans to propose a motion to have Pollock, who also stands as the vice-chair of the LAT, recuse himself from the hearing based on his position with the university’s board.