Defamation of a City Councillor

Mayorship is a responsibility

By: Jonah Lazar, Staff Writer Following the public outcry over the lack of transparency in the budget reshuffling — that will see about 400 Vancouverites lose their jobs in favour of lowering property taxes for the wealthy — mayor of Vancouver Ken Sim is once again in hot water. Vancouver city councillor, Sean Orr, has formally filed a defamation suit against Sim for spreading baseless accusations that he handed out “illegal drugs” in the streets of Vancouver.  Sim made these comments at a Chinese-language media briefing in early February, when he claimed that Orr had been handing out “illegal drugs”…

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