Councillor's Court Case for Breach of Privacy Act Starts Today

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 04:00 AM

Prince George, B.C.- The trial starts this morning for Prince George City Councillor Brian Skakun, who is accused of breaching the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Skakun is accused of leaking a confidential report about the relationship between a former Officer in Charge of the local RCMP detachment and civilian staff members. The report ended up in the hands of the CBC and was posted for a time on the CBC website.

With as many as 24 witnesses expected to testify, the trial is expected to last two weeks, with the Crown presenting its case today through Friday. The trial will then resume on December 7th for another week of testimony.

Skakun is not the only person at Prince George City Hall to be accused of such a breach. A senior staff member in the human resources department has been hit with the same charge on a separate incident. That trial is expected to unfold in June of next year.

If found guilty, Skakun could face a maximum fine of $2,000.00 but would not have a criminal record.

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Posted on Tuesday, October 26, 2010 04:00 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: redneck on October 26 2010 4:58 AM

two weeks of court costs for a 2000 dollar fine?Is it worth it to try to railroad a guy for speaking his peace.I think not

Posted by: econ101 on October 26 2010 6:07 AM

Sorry Brian....your case will now be heard in the coffee room!

Posted by: twinbell91 on October 26 2010 7:11 AM

No sorry here.
Skakun needs to be removed from city council.
All he is doing is show boating. He is doing this to further his own agenda.

Posted by: newtechguy on October 26 2010 7:58 AM

What a rediculous waste of court time.

Posted by: faxman on October 26 2010 8:49 AM

"What a rediculous (sic) waste of court time."

Would you rather live some place where you are not entitled to defend yourself in a court of law? I wouldn't.

Posted by: Retired on October 26 2010 10:38 AM

But why did this end up in court in the first place? Because mr Bates wants to keep the council in line with his aire headed agenda
Cheers

Posted by: He spoke on October 26 2010 4:26 PM

I'm not a union man, but Brian is good for our city, he is a man of principal and will do what is right.

I think Brian does need to take it to task.

Posted by: Boon on October 26 2010 4:54 PM

This offence is less serious than speeding for crying out loud. You don't even get a record . So like speeding, either you did it or you didn't do it SKAKUN. No one cares about the principle of the matter or why you did it.....especially the courts. You are wasting a bunch of tax payers money in court time. Suck it up Princess and pay your fine.....you got caught !!!!!!!

Posted by: Boon on October 26 2010 5:11 PM

Just saw SKAKUN's lawyer on TV news. He is looking for his 15 minutes of fame as this is the first case ever in Canada to be prosecuted. Unlike his normal gangsters that he defends day in and day out! If SKAKUN is such a man of principle.....why is paying a lawyer who defends gangsters to defend him ???

Posted by: bitter on October 26 2010 9:17 PM

I live in condom Hell and Brian Skakun is the only City Councilor that has tried to help my neighbourhood.He is the only councilor with enough GUTS to try to do something about the prostitution problem. It's just sad that no other councilors backed him up but then they are too busy trying to clean up the Downtown and shove the City's problems into Residential Areas. Where is this New Wellness Center for Drug Addicts going?? I support Brian Skakun, and wish him and his Lawyer good Luck. The City should have never let it get this far.

Posted by: supertech on October 26 2010 10:45 PM

Let's start a support fund for Brian. The other councillors would take a second look at this if we paid his laywers bill. I nominate him for Mayor.

Posted by: bitter on October 27 2010 10:40 AM

I would also nominate him for Mayor,He is a strong Man to be doing what he is doing. I think he is going to be stabbed in the back, good people never win.