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PART :
FACTUAL ASIS
1 .
The
s u p p o r t i n g a f f i d a v i t s
f i l e d by
t h e p e t i t i o n e r s
c o n t a i n no r e l i a b l e o r
a d m i s s i b l e
e v i d e n c e t h a t
c o u l d
s u p p o r t
t h e a l l e g a t i o n s
l e v e l l e d
a g a i n s t
Mayor R o b e r t s o n
and
C o u n c i l l o r
Meggs.
I n s t e a d , t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s
have
chosen
t o
swear a f f i d a v i t s r e p l e t e
w i t h
i n a d m i s s i b l e
o p i n i o n ,
argument and
anonymous
h e a r s a y .
2 . I n
t h i s
r e g a r d
t h e p e t i t i o n and
s u p p o r t i n g
a f f i d a v i t s c o n t a i n f a l s e
and
d e f a m a t o r y
a l l e g a t i o n s
and i n n u e n d o .
The gravamen
of
t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s ' c o m p l a i n t i s t h a t
Mayor
Roberson and C o u n c i l l o r Meggs
r e c o r r u p t . More
a r t i c u l a r l y ,
t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s a l l e g e t h a t
t h e p e t i t i o n
r e s p o n d e n t s ,
a s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of
i s i o n ,
engaged
i n
a pay
t o
p l a y scheme
w i t h
t h e e x e c u t i v e
t h e
Canadian
Union
of
P u b l i c Employees, l o c a l 1004 CUPE
Local 1 0 0 4 ) .
(See g . A f f i d a v i t #1 of V.A. i c h a r d s
a t
p a r a g r a p h
6
nd
7)
(See
A f f i d a v i t of
eoff
Meggs
t p a r a g r a p h s 16
—
24)
3. Had
t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s
p u b l i s h e d
t h e
d e f a m a t o r y
s t a t e m e n t s
i n a
forum o t h e r
t h a n c o u r t
p r o c e e d i n g s , t h e r e s p o n d e n t s
would
have
c om m enced
an a c t i o n f o r
d e f a m a t i o n
as t h e y
d i d
when
s i m i l a r a l l e g a t i o n s were p u b l i s h e d
by
t h e C i v i c
Non
- P a r t i s a n
A s s o c i a t i o n
and
i t s m a y o r a l t y c a n d i d a t e , K i r k L a P o i n t e ,
d u r i n g
l a s t f a l l s
c i v i c
e l e c t i o n .
(See
g .
A f f i d a v i t #1 of eoff Meggs
t p a r a g r a p h 17)
4. The p e t i t i o n i s o s t e n s i b l y p r e m i s e d on
an a l l e g e d d i s c u s s i o n s
between
Gregor
R o b e r t s o n
and
Geoff
Meggs on t h e
one hand and
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of
CUPE
ocal 1004
on t h e
o t h e r
hand
c o n c e r n i n g t h e t e r m s on which CUPE
Local 1004 would
s u p p o r t
V i s i o n
c a n d i d a t e s , i n c l u d i n g Gregor
R o b e r t s o n
and Geoff Meggs .
(See e t i t i o n , p a r a g r a p h
12)
5 .
The f f i d a v i t s
d o
not
o n t a i n any
v i d e n c e :
(a) of
d i s c u s s i o n s
between
Gregor
R o b e r t s o n and
Geoff
Meggs and
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s
of
CUPE
0 0 4 . I n d e e d
such
a
e e t i n g
i s
s p e c i f i c a l l y d e n i e d by
Geoff
Meggs.
(See
A f f i d a v i t
#1 of eoff Meggs t p a r a g r a p h 1 0 ;
(b) of h e
i d e n t i t y of
h e
r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ofCUPE o c a l 1004 ;
(c)
t h e
d a t e , time and p l a c e
of
h e
a l l e g e d m e e t i n g / d i s c u s s i o n s ;
and
(d) what, f
a n y t h i n g ,
was
g r e e d t o
a t
t h e a l l e g e d m e e t i n g / d i s c u s s i o n s .
6 .
A l l t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s o f f e r
by way of e v i d e n c e i s s e c o n d , t h i r d
o r f o u r t h - h a n d h e a r s a y
e v i d e n c e
o b t a i n e d
o v e r
t h e
i n t e r n e t
from a
i n k
t o a r e p o r t e r ' s s t o r y
a b o u t
a e c o r d i n g
he
o b t a i n e d from
an
anonymous
s o u r c e .
The
r e c o r d i n g
i s of a s m a l l
p o r t i o n
of
a
m e e t i n g
t h a t
o c c u r r e d
on O c t o b e r 1 4 , 2011 a t t e n d e d by
Geoff
Meggs.
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(See A f f i d a v i t #1 of
andal
e l t e n
a t p a r a g r a p h s 7
9)
(See
A f f i d a v i t#
f
andal
H e l t e n
a t
p a r a g r a p h 3)
7 . Assuming t h a t t h e
e v i d e n c e
found
i n
t h e v a r i o u s
a f f i d a v i t s f i l e d on b e h a l f of
t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s i s a d m i s s i b l e ,
l l t h a t
t h e
e v i d e n c e
d i s c l o s e s
i s a s
f o l l o w s :
(a)
CUPE
o c a l
1004
P o l i t i c a l A c t i o n
Committee recommended t h a t CUPE o c a l
1004 make a campaign
c o n t r i b u t i o n t o
V i s i o n
Vancouver
of
34,000;
(See A f f i d a v i t
#1 of
andal
H e l t e n , t
p a r a g r a p h
8
nd
E x h i b i t
B )
(b)
v a r i o u s
l a b o u r u n i o n s ,
i n c l u d i n g CUPE
ocal
1004, m a d e o n a t i o n s t o t h e V i s i o n
e l e c t i o n
campaign;
(See
A f f i d a v i t #1 of andal
H e l t e n
a t
p a r a g r a p h
6)
(c)
t h a t Geoff
Meggs
spoke
t t h e
October
14 e e t i n g of
CUPE
ocal 1004;
(See
Response
#4
of
e s s i c a
L a n d g r a f f o q u e s t i o n s
from
t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s '
c o u n s e l )
(d) t h a t Geoff Meggs made h e
f o l l o w i n g
s t a t e m e n t i n t h e
c o u r s e
of i s
r e m a r k s :
Gregor
R o b e r t s o n ,
our mayor, h a s a g a i n r e c o m m i t t e d t o
n o t
expand
c o n t r a c t i n g o u t
t o
make s u r e t h a t
wherever
w e can
b r i n g
i n
n e w p r o c e s s e s t h a t members of
1004 w i l l be t h e r e d e l i v e r i n g t h o s e
s e r v i c e s i n y o u r
a r e a s
of u r i s d i c t i o n , . .
(See
A f f i d a v i t
#1 of
i l a r y
Renaud,
x h i b i t
A
8 . There i s no e v i d e n c e t h a t t h e
d e c i s i o n
t o c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e
V i s i o n
campaign w a s t i e d t o
w h at
Mr. Meggs s a i d i n h i s remarks t o
t h o s e
p r e s e n t
a t t h e O c t o b e r 14 m e e t i n g . Mr.
Meggs p e c i f i c a l l y d e n i e s any
knowledge
of h e recommendation of h e P o l i t i c a l
A c t i o n
Committee of CUPE o c a l 1004 t o c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e V i s i o n campaign and
s p e c i f i c a l l y
d e n i e s
t h a t
h e met w i t h anyone from CUPE 004 p r i o r t o t h e
m e e t i n g .
He l s o d e n i e s
t h a t he had
d i s c u s s i o n w i t h anyone from CUPE 1004 about p r o m i s i n g any b e n e f i t t o
CUPE
004 r i t s membership n exchange o r a p o l i t i c a l
d o n a t i o n .
(See A f f i d a v i t
#1
of eoff Meggs
t
p a r a g r a p h 10)
9.
There
i s
no
e v i d e n c e
t o c o n t r a d i c t
t h e
sworn
e v i d e n c e
of Mr.
Meggs
a t
s e t
out
i n
t h e
p r e c e d i n g
p a r a g r a p h .
1 0 . T h e
f f i d a v i t s f i l e d on b e h a l f of
h e
p e t i t i o n make n o
e f e r e n c e t o
Mr. o b e r t s o n a t a l l
1 1 . T h e e v i d e n c e of Mr. Meggs i s t h a t
t h e
p o l i c y of V i s i o n Vancouver
t o
n o t s u p p o r t
e x p a n s i o n of o n t r a c t i n g o u t of i t y
s e r v i c e s
d a t e s
back
t o t h e
2008 m u n i c i p a l
e l e c t i o n .
Mr. Meggs
i d
n o t h i n g more t h a n c o n f i r m t h a t t h e r e w a s no
change
i n
t h i s
p o l i c y w h e n
he m a d e h i s
remarks
t t h e
O c t o b e r
1 4 ,
2014 e e t i n g .
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(See
A f f i d a v i t 1
of eoff
Meggs
t p a r a g r a p h s
13)
PART
:
LEGAL ASIS
1 .
N o t h i n g i n
t h e p e t i t i o n
o r t h e
s u p p o r t i n g a f f i d a v i t s
e s t a b l i s h e s t h a t
Mayor R o b e r t s o n
o r
C o u n c i l l o r
Meggs
a c t e d i n
a
c o n f l i c t
of
n t e r e s t
o r
may
have
h a d
a
d i r e c t
o r
i n d i r e c t
p e c u n i a r y
i n t e r e s t
i n
t h e m a t t e r .
2 .
S i m i l a r l y , n o t h i n g i n t h e
p e t i t i o n
o r
t h e s u p p o r t i n g a f f i d a v i t s
e s t a b l i s h e s t h a t
CUPE 0 0 4 ' s c o n t r i b u t i o n t o
t h e
e l e c t o r a l
campaign
of
V i s i o n
Vancouver
V i s i o n ) _
was made
on t h e
e x p r e s s
u n d e r s t a n d i n g
t h a t a l l of
h e V i s i o n c a n d i d a t e s ,
i f
e l e c t e d ,
i n c l u d i n g Mayor
R o b e r t s o n and
C o u n c i l l o r
Meggs, would d e l i v e r t h e i r
v o t e s
n o t
t o
expand c o n t r a c t i n g o u t .
3 . R u l e
2 2 - 2 ( 1 2 ) and
(13)
e t s o u t
t h e
n a t u r e of h e
a f f i d a v i t e v i d e n c e
a
e p o n e n t may g i v e :
(12)
S u b j e c t t o
s u b r u l e
( 1 3 ) ,
an
a f f i d a v i t
must
s t a t e
o n l y
what
a
p e r s o n s w e a r i n g o r a f f i r m i n g
t h e a f f i d a v i t
would be p e r m i t t e d t o
s t a t e
i n
e v i d e n c e
a t a r i a l .
(13) An f f i d a v i t may
c o nt a i n s t a t e m e n t s
a s t o t h e
i n f o r m a t i o n
and b e l i e f of
h e
p e r s o n
s w e a r i n g o r
a f f i r m i n g
t h e a f f i d a v i t , i f
(a) h e s o u r c e
of
h e i n f o r m a t i o n and
b e l i e f s g i v e n ,
and
(b )
h e a f f i d a v i t
i s made
( i ) i n r e s p e c t
of
an
a p p l i c a t i o n
t h a t
d o e s
n o t
s e e k
a
f i n a l o r d e r ,
o r
( i i ) b y l e a v e
of
h e c o u r t
u n d e r Rule
1 2 - 5
(71)
a)
o r 2 2 - 1 (4)
e ) .
4 .
The
o r d e r s
s o u g h t by t h e p e t i t i o n e r s a r e f i n a l o r d e r s .
5 . I n C.
(KL.)
.
C.
J . ) ,
M a s t e r
Baker
p r o v i d e d a
u s e f u l
summary
of h e
j u r i s p r u d e n c e
on
o b j e c t i o n a b l e a f f i d a v i t s :
C o u n s e l f o r
Mr. C . e l i e s
upon
F . ( J . K . ) v .
F . ( J . D . ) ( 1 9 8 6 ) ,
B . C . J .
No. 672; C r e b e r v . F r a n k l i n ( 1 9 9 3 ) ,
B . C . J .
No. 890; and Webber
v . W a l l a c e ( 1 9 9 4 ) , B . C . J . No.
8 9 4 .
A l l
a r e d e c i s i o n s of u r
c o u r t .
S h o r t l y s t a t e d ,
i n
a l l t h e s e
c a s e s t h e c o u r t
d i r e c t e d
t h a t p o r t i o n s of
a f f i d a v i t s
be
expunged f o r v a r i o u s r e a s o n s . These r e a s o n s i n c l u d e :
h e a r s a y upon
h e a r s a y , o r
i r r e l e v a n c e
( F . ( J . K . ) v
F . ( J . D . ) ) ,
i n a d m i s s i b l e
o p i n i o n ,
a d j e c t i v a l d e s c r i p t i o n s , o r
s u b j e c t i v e
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d e s c r i p t i o n s of e a c t i o n s
( C r e b e r ) ,
u n i d e n t i f i e d
w i t n e s s e s ,
o p i n i o n s
r e g a r d i n g m o t i v e s ,
o r
argument Webber).
2000
BCSC
98
Emphasis n
o r i g i n a l ]
6.
A l l t h e s e
o b j e c t i o n a b l e f e a t u r e s
a r e m a n i f e s t
i n
t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s '
a f f i d a v i t s ,
and
t h e
o f f e n d i n g p o r t i o n s ought o be
t r u c k o u t p u r s u a n t t o
Rule
- 5 ( 1 ) .
Jones
. I n d u s t r i a l
W o o d
a n d
l l i e d
Workers of
a n a d a Local - 3 5 6 7 ) ,
2011
BCSC 26
t
p a r a . o
17
7 .
The
f i r s t a f f i d a v i t
of
p e t i t i o n e r Randal
H e l t e n i s
p a r t i c u l a r l y n o t e w o r t h y f o r
i t s
noncompliance w i t h
Rule
22-2(12)
nd
t h e
common aw
r u l e s of
v i d e n c e . For
example,
a t
p a r a g r a p h 9(b) f i s a f f i d a v i t ,
M r . e l t e n
p u r p o r t s t o l e a d
e v i d e n c e
of s e c r e t
a u d i o
r e c o r d i n g
of
a
CUPE
004 membership
m e e t i n g
t h a t a l l e g e d l y
o c c u r r e d
on
October
1 2 ,
2014,
m e e t i n g
which C o u n c i l l o r M e g g s u r p o r t e d l y
a t t e n d e d
( t h e Audio R e c o r d i n g ) .
8 .
The
Audio
R e c o r d i n g
i s t h e
o n l y f a c t u a l
e v i d e n c e
o f f e r e d by
t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s t h a t
c o u l d
c o n c e i v a b l y s u g g e s t
i m p r o p r i e t y by
h e
r e s p o n d e n t s .
9. Th e
i f f i c u l t y f o r t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s i s
t h i s : I n
t h e
hands
of
Mr.
e l t e n , t h e Audio R e c o r d i n g
i s a t b e s t , q u a d r u p l e
h e a r s a y .
According o Mr. e l t e n ,
he
b t a i n e d t h e
Audio
R e c o r d i n g
( q u a d r u p l e
h e a r s a y ) from t h e
YouTube
w e b s i t e
( t r i p l e
h e a r s a y ) ,
which had o b t a i n e d
i t
from r e p o r t e r Bob Mackin d o u b l e h e a r s a y ) w h o o b t a i n e d i t
from an
anonymous o u r c e
( h e a r s a y )
w h o l l e g e d l y
r e c o r d e d t h e
words spoken h e r e i n .
1 0 . With t h i s m a n y e g r e e s of e p a r a t i o n between Mr. e l t e n
and
t h e s p e a k e r s of h e o u t - o f-
c o u r t
s t a t e m e n t s ,
Mr.
H e l t e n c o u l d
n e v e r
a u t h e n t i c a t e
t h e Audio
R e c o r d i n g a t
t r i a l .
(There i s no s u g g e s t i o n
t h a t
Mr.
H e l t e n
wa s a t t h e m e e t i n g
where t h e words were
s p o k e n . )
By
s i m p l y
a t t a c h i n g
an
e l e c t r o n i c
f i l e of
h e r e c o r d i n g t o
h i s
a f f i d a v i t ,
Mr .
H e l t e n does n o t m a k e
h e
Audio Recording d m i s s i b l e a s e v i d e n c e .
R .
v .
A n d a l i b - G o o r t a n i ,
2014
ONSC
690 t p a r a .
28 o
34;
R . v .
George
Jack
G i r o u x ,
2013
NWTTC
4 and a u t h o r i t i e s
c i t e d a t
p a r a . 1 8
t o 2 5 ) ;
U l r i c h v . U l r i c h , 2004 BCSC 5
t
p a r a . a t 3 2
1 1 .
I t
f o l l o w s
t h a t t h e
p e t i t i o n i s w i t h o u t
an
e v i d e n t i a r y b a s i s and an abuse of h e
C o u r t ' s
p r o c e s s ;
t
ought
o
be t r u c k out
u r s u a n t t o
Rule - 5 ( 1 ) ( d ) .
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Chernen R o b e r t s o n ,
2014 BCSC 358 t
p a r a .
29 o 3 3 .
1 2 .
The p e t i t i o n e rs o r i g i n a l l y b r o u g h t an
a p p l i c a t i o n t o
h a v e
t h e
c l a i m
s t r u c k
b u t
a d j o u r n e d
t h e
a p p l i c a t i o n
a t
t h e
r e q u e s t
of c o u n s e l
f o r t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s i n o r d e r t o
a l l o w
t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s
t o
a d d u c e
f u r t h e r
e v i d e n c e
which
t h e y d i d
i n
t h e
form
of
a
s t a t e m e n t
from
J e s s i c a L a n d g r a f f ,
a
u n i o n
employee w h o t o o k
m i n u t e s of h e m e e t i n g
on
h e r l a p t o p .
A l l
t h a t
t h e e v i d e n c e
of Ms. L a n d g r a f f
e s t a b l i s h e s
i s
t h a t Mr. Meggs a t t e n d e d
t h e m e e t i n g
and t h a t
t h e r e c o r d i n g
appended
t o Mr. e l t e n ' s
a f f i d a v i t sounds c c u r a t e .
1 3 .
R a t h e r t h a n renew
t h e
a p p l i c a t i o n t o s t r i k e t h e c l a i m t h e
r e s p o n d e n t s
e l e c t e d t o
f i l e
t h i s
r e s p o n s e
so
t h a t
t h e
p e t i t i o n would be
d e c i d e d on
t s
m e r i t s .
To t h a t end,
Mr.
Meggs
h a s
sworn an
a f f i d a v i t i n which he
c o n f i r m e d h i s p r e s e n c e a t
t h e m e e t i n g and acknowledged
t h a t
he
a i d
t h e
words
r e l i e d
on
by
t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s .
1 4 .
Ms. Landgraff e v i d e n c e
i s i m p o r t a n t
i n one
r e s p e c t .
She
s t a t e s t h a t
t h e r e c o r d i n g
i s
i n c o m p l e t e o r
h a s
been
e d i t e d
o r
b o t h .
Th e
r e c o r d i n g
l a s t e d
a p p r o x i m a t e l y
9:22
i n u t e s . Th e m e e t i n g l a s t e d
from
5 : 0 0 p . m .
u n t i l
6:52 p . m .
Ms.
L a n d g r a f f s
e v i d e n c e i s a l s o i m p o r t a n t i n a n o t h e r r e s p e c t . She i s t h e
o n l y w i t n e s s / a f f i a n t t h a t w as
p r e s e n t
t h r o u g h o u t
t h e
e n t i r e
m e e t i n g .
I m p o r t a n t l y ,
h e r
s t a t e m e n t does n o t m a k e any
r e f e r e n c e
t o what
f
any
m o t i o n s were
a p p r o v e d a t t h e m e e t i n g .
1 5 . I n s u m m a r y ,
even
w i t h
t h e
e v i d e n c e
of
Ms. a n d g r a f f ,
t h e
p e t i t i o n e r s have
n o t met t h e
e v i d e n t i a r y b u r d e n
on
them t o p r o v e ,
even
on
a
p r i m a f a c i e
b a s i s , w h a t ,
f a n y t h i n g , w a s
a p p r o v e d a t t h e
m e e t i n g .
1 6 . L e a v i n g
t h i s
i s s u e a s i d e , t h e r e
i s
no
e v i d e n c e c o n n e c t i n g what
Mr. Meggs s a i d i n h i s
r e m a r k s t o t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n
m a d e b y
CUPE
o c a l 1004 o
t h e
V i s i o n c a m p a i g n . T h e r e i s
no
o f f e r and
a c c e p t a n c e
which
i s t h e e s s e n c e
of
a b i n d i n g a g r e e m e n t . As
f o r CUPE
L o c a l
1004
t
i s
i m p o s s i b l e
t o
s a y
what
t h e y d e c i d e d
a t
t h e
m e e t i n g b e c a u s e
t h e r e
i s
o n l y
a a r t i a l t r a n s c r i p t of
an u n v e r i f i e d
r e c o r d i n g
which i s
i n c o m p l e t e o r h a s b e e n
e d i t e d
o r
b o t h .
1 7 . A c c o r d i n g l y t h e p e t i t i o n and s u p p o r t i n g a f f i d a v i t s f a l l f a r s h o r t of what i s r e q u i r e d t o
s u p p o r t a
i n d i n g t h a t
t h e r e s p o n d e n t s h a d a i r e c t o r i n d i r e c t p e c u n i a r y i n t e r e s t t h a t g i v e s
r i s e t o a o n f l i c t
t o i n t e r e s t
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1 8 .
The
p e t i t i o n e r ' s
r e l i a n c e on Highlands
P r e s e r v a t i o n
S o c i e t y v . Corp.
of
h e
D i s t r i c t
of
H i g h l a n d s , 2005
BCSC
743 i s
m i s p l a c e d . M u n i c i p a l
p o l i t i c i a n s
s h o u l d
n o t
have
t h e i r
i n t e g r i t y
c a l l e d i n t o
q u e s t i o n
on such
s p e c i o u s
g r o u n d s .
L e g i t i m a t e
donors
o
m u n i c i p a l
p o l i t i c a l p a r t i e s ought n o t
t o
be c h i l l e d from
e x e r c i s i n g
t h e i r
d e m o c r a t i c
r i g h t s
t o
p a r t i c i p a t e
i n
t h e p o l i t i c a l p r o c e s s .
1 9 .
S i m i l a r l y ,
h e
f a c t s
i n t h e
o t h e r c a s e
r e l i e d
on
by h e p e t i t i o n e r s , c h l e n k e r
v .
T o r g r i m s o n ,
2013
BCCA9
e a r s
no
r e l e v a n c e
t o t h e
f a c t s of h i s
p r o c e e d i n g .
That c a s e i n v o l v e d a
s i t u a t i o n where
t h e i n v o l v e d c i v i c c o u n c i l l o r s were
a l s o d i r e c t o r s of
h e
e n t i t y whose
c o n t r a c t w i t h
t h e
m u n i c i p a l i t y t h e y v o t e d
i n
f a v o u r o f . I t
w a s
on
h a t
b a s i s t h a t
t h e
Court
of
ppeal
found h a t t h e i r
c o n f l i c t i n g
f i d u c i a r y d u t i e s
c r e a t e d a
i s q u a l i f y i n g c o n f l i c t .
20.
A
a s e on p o i n t i s King . Nanaimo,
001 BCCA
10. I n
t h a t
c a s e t h e Court of ppeal
h e l d
t h a t a
m u n i c i p a l
c o u n c i l l o r d i d n o t have a d i s q u a l i f y i n g
p e c u n i a r y
i n t e r e s t where
he
r e c e i v e d
a 1000
camp aign c o n t r i b u t i o n by t h e
p r i n c i p a l
of a
d e v e l o p e r , and
s u b s e q u e n t l y
v o t e d
i n
f a v o u r of a t t e r s
b e n e f i t t i n g
t h e
d e v e l o p e r .
The
Court
of Appeal
h e l d :
[12] . . What
w a s p r o h i b i t e d
by s . 2 0 1 ( 5 )
i s p a r t i c i p a t i o n
i n t h e
d i s c u s s i o n
o r v o t e on a u e s t i o n i n r e s p e c t of . . . a
m a t t e r i n
which
t h e
me mbe r
h a s
a
d i r e c t
o r
i n d i r e c t
p e c u n i a r y
i n t e r e s t .
The
m a t t e r
( o r
m a t t e r s )
i n
r e s p e c t
of
which
q u e s t i o n s a r o s e
b e f o r e
C o u n c i l
were, n
t h i s
c a s e ,
t h e
v a r i o u s a p p l i c a t i o n s by N o r t h r i d g e
V i l l a g e
and i t s a s s o c i a t e s . Nothing
i n t h e
f a c t s
e s t a b l i s h e d i n
t h i s
p r o c e e d i n g c o u l d
j u s t i f y t h e
c o n c l u s i o n
t h a t M r .
King had a
p e c u n i a r y
i n t e r e s t , d i r e c t
o r i n d i r e c t , i n any of h o s e m a t t e r s . The
mere a c t
t h a t N o r t h r i d g e
m a d e camp aign c o n t r i b u t i o n s c o u l d n o t ,
i n and of t s e l f e s t a b l i s h any
such n t e r e s t . There o u l d , of
o u r s e ,
be
i r c u m s t a n c e s
i n
which
h e
c o n t r i b u t i o n and
t h e
m a t t e r
c o u l d
be so i n k e d
a s
t o j u s t i f y a
o n c l u s i o n
t h a t
t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n
c r e a t e d
a p e c u n i a r y
i n t e r e s t
i n t h e
m a t t e r . I n d e e d ,
t h e
l e a r n e d chambers
judge
t o o k n o t e
of
n example
of
u c h
a
i t u a t i o n
when
he
a i d i n
h i s
r e a s o n s :
There
i s
no e v i d e n c e
of
a
p e c u n i a r y
i n t e r e s t i n
t h e
s e n s e
t h a t he a g r e e d t o
v o t e
f o r
t h e s e p r o j e c t s i n
r e t u r n f o r t h e i r camp aign o n t r i b u t i o n
of
1 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 .
[13] I t would
n o t
be
u s e f u l
t o s p e c u l a t e a s t o what i r c u m s t a n c e s
c o u l d c r e a t e
an
n d i r e c t
p e c u n i a r y i n t e r e s t . I t i s
enough o say h a t
t h e mere
f a c t
of
t h e a p p l i c a n t
h a v i n g
m a d e
a camp aign
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l i t i g a t i o n
p r o c e s s . The
c o s t s
r u l e s r e q u i r e
l i t i g a n t s
t o make c a r e f u l
a s s e s s m e n t s of
h e
s t r e n g t h o r
l a c k
t h e r e o f
of t h e i r
c a s e s
a t
commencement an d
t h r o u g h o u t
t h e c o u r s e
of
l i t i g a t i o n The r u l e s
s h o u l d
d i s c o u r a g e t h e
c o n t i n u a n c e of
o u b t f u l c a s e s
o r
d e f e n c e s .
T h i s
of
o u r s e
imposes
b u r d e n s
on
c o u n s e l
t o c a r e f u l l y
c o n s i d e r
t h e
s t r e n g t h s
an d
weaknesses of
p a r t i c u l a r f a c t
s i t u a t i o n s .
Such
c o n s i d e r a t i o n s s h o u l d ,
among o t h e r
t h i n g s ,
e n c o u r a g e
r e a s o n a b l e
s e t t l e m e n t s .
23.
F i n a l l y ,
a a i l e d
a l l e g a t i o n
i n
a c i v i l
l a w s u i t of
o r r u p t conduct
w i l l
more
r e a d i l y
j u s t i f y
an award of
p e c i a l c o s t s a g a i n s t t h e
maker h a n w i l l o t h e r
t y p e s
of
nproven
l l e g a t i o n s .
Abakhan
s s o c i a t e s I n c . v Golden Arch Resources Ltd,
2012
BCSC
46 t p a r a . 7
PART
:
MATERIALTO ERELIEDON
1 .
A f f i d a v i t
1
of
eoff
Meggs, made March
1 9 , 2015.
The
e t i t i o n
r e s p o n d e n t s e s t i m a t e
t h a t
t h e
a p p l i c a t i o n w i l l
t a k e
one day.
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