The lawsuit has involved dozens of hours of pretrial testimony by Fennell, city staff and councillors. The lawsuit has also examined whether or not council was kept in the dark about the $480,000 payment. “Up until today, council hasn’t been advised that the city funded the option payment?” Chernos asked. He said he didn’t learn of the $480,000 payment until long after his 2012 promotion. And I didn’t want any part of that...”In a response for this article, the City of Brampton did not directly address the $480,000 payment in 2011.

Source: thestar October 22, 2016 09:56 UTC