Mayor Simon Yu previously disclosed information on a whistleblower complaint to The Citizen
Four Prince George city councillors are attempting to arrange a last-minute special closed council meeting ahead of the Saturday, Oct. 17 election in response to a Citizen article regarding Mayor Simon Yu spending his own money to pursue a whistleblower investigation.
Councillors Tim Bennett, Ron Polillo, Cori Ramsay and Susan Scott issued a statement on Thursday, Oct. 15 stating that “recent public statement concerning a confidential city matter have raised significant questions in our community.”
On Wednesday, Oct. 14, The Citizen published an article regarding a comment made by Yu at the North Central Labour Council’s mayoral forum alleging that he had spent “$26,000 of my own money to protect one whistleblower from the city.”
Documents provided by Yu showed at $24,684.80 in incurred expenses from a law firm relating to the matter.
In the councillors’ Oct. 15 statement, they said they had given Mayor Yu 24 hours to respond to a request for a closed special council meeting but he had not responded by the time of publishing.
They said that they could not disclose protected information as they remain bound by confidentiality rules, despite the public release of some details related to this incident.
Though The Citizen is not referenced by name, the statement refers to the need to maintain confidence in and procedural fairness of the whistleblower process.
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