Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is suing a prominent local businessman for defamation. He confirmed today (June 24, 2024) that a statement of claim has been...
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SO KAMLOOPS CITY COUNCILLORS have approved a motion to bar Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson from closed meetings of committees based on a claim that he’s proven he can’t be trusted to keep confidential information confidential. Councillors declared last week that the mayor has been guilty of “numerous privacy breaches” and that the “privacy and confidentiality of the municipal corporation” needs protecting. They declined to explain just what the numerous breaches of privacy were, so we don’t know exactly why this latest sanction was approved. But the issue of confidentiality at City Hall has been much in the news during this council’s term, so let’s refresh ourselves with a brief history on the subject. MARCH 2023 — Hamer-Jackson sends an email to the eight councillors plus CAO David Trawin and corporate officer Maria Mazzotta that he intends to make significant changes to who sits on standing committees. He will make the changes public at the next regular council meeting. “Within minutes” the email is leaked to local media. The next day, March 17, the councillors call a news conference to criticize his committee changes, as well as his “erratic” behaviour, claiming he has “violated personal and professional boundaries.” They do not elaborate, [...]
Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson is suing a prominent local businessman for defamation. He confirmed today (June 24, 2024) that a statement of claim has been...
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