City says CUPE should pay legal bills after ethics ruling on strike incident
Prince Albert city council is discussing how to make complainants pay for legal costs when complaints are dismissed, as was the case when a council tribunal rejected an ethics complaint against Mayor Greg Dionne.
The complaint was made after an incident between Dionne, who was leaving city hall during the strike last fall and two picketers who blocked his path. His truck bumper lightly struck two of the picketers who were not injured. The incident was captured by two people on video.
“They brought the complaint. And so to me, they lost and we should be getting court costs – even though it’s not a court – it was a hearing,” said Dionne following the council decision.