The Ombudsman found that the Township of Alberton’s removal of a member of the public from an electronic meeting for refusing to identify themselves meant that the council for the Township of Alberton illegally closed its May 11, 2022 meeting. While not all conditions on the public’s ability to access a meeting will necessarily be a violation of the open meeting rules, in this case, requiring the public identification of all attendees was an overly intrusive measure that was not proportionate to the objective of preventing “Zoom bombings,” as other technological measures could prevent an individual from interrupting a meeting.