Manitoba news: RM of Thompson ordered to pay councillor’s legal expenses [Video]

A Manitoba judge has ordered a community to pay the legal costs for a councillor who they tried to oust in 2023.

A written decision, dated Oct. 10, awarded Donna Cox 95 per cent of her legal costs following a battle with the RM of Thompson, who tried to disqualify her from serving as a councillor.

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Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Justice Chris Martin wrote in his decision Cox spent over $45,000 in legal fees to be reinstated as a councillor.

” Lest one think this bill is patently unreasonable, the Municipality expended over $65,000 for legal fees related to this ill-conceived and failed venture, albeit some of which would have been for legal advice for the disqualification process, leading to the litigation,” he wrote.

Cox was elected in October 2022 to represent Ward 2 …