Brian Skakun had an "overriding public interest" in leaking confidential documents to a local media outlet and should be given the same protection afforded to other types of "whistleblowers," maintains defence lawyer Jon Duncan in a closing submission on whether the city councillor violated privacy legislation.
In the 20-page written argument, Duncan pointed to a section of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act that "protects employees of a public body from being disciplined in legitimate cases of whistleblowing" and contends the same should apply to elected officials.
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