Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has responded to a defamation lawsuit by a city councillor, saying his false claims that Sean Orr distributed illegal drugs did not result in reputational damage.
Sim says in a response filed to the B.C. Supreme Court dated April 7 that he did not act “deliberately, maliciously or in bad faith” when he told Chinese-language reporters in February that Orr was handing out drugs on Christmas Day.
The response also says that given Orr’s “words, actions and statements regarding the use and supply of drugs” that Sim’s comments “would not lower (Orr’s) reputation in the community.”…