Supreme Court orders former Nanaimo councillor to delete widely-shared private documents
NANAIMO — A former Nanaimo city councillor is being ordered by the courts to delete or destroy all physical copies of three confidential and controversial documents which were shared online for years.
The Honourable Justice Douglas Thompson’s written decision, issued on Friday, Nov. 9 after a hearing in the Supreme Court of B.C., ruled against former coun. Gord Fuller, as well as Tim McGrath and Matt O’Donnell after a petition was brought forward by the attorney general of B.C.
They now have seven days to destroy or return their copies of a letter from former mayor Bill McKay and two legal letters from the lawyer of former coun. Diane Brennan. They also have 14 days to delete all their social media posts sharing the information.
A wide-ranging investigation by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner found the letter from McKay, discussing his contentious and deeply personal thoughts of his fellow councillors with a faciliator, and the letters from Brennan’s lawyer challenging the hiring process of the then-CAO, were shared illegally.