Kamloops Mayor has one of two defamation suits against councillor tossed

One of three defamation suits filed by Kamloops Mayor Reid Hamer-Jackson — and one of two against a fellow city councillor — was tossed by the B.C. Supreme Court on Jan. 30.
The decision by Justice J. Hughes was published on Feb. 2, and in short found that Kamloops Coun. Katie Neustaeter’s statements made during council business fell under the Protection of Public Participation Act, and there was no evidence that the statements caused any actual harm.
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