Quesnel Mayor Prevails in Court After Censure for Bringing Residential School Book to Meeting

Quesnel Mayor Prevails in Court After Censure for Bringing Residential School Book to Meeting
A plaque is seen outside the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in Kamloops, B.C., on May 27, 2021. The Canadian Press/Andrew Snucins
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Ron Paull, mayor of Quesnel, B.C., has won a lawsuit against the city after facing censure and being barred from committee involvement over complaints about a book on residential schools that he brought to a meeting.

Councillors voted to take away Paull’s travel expenses and ban him from participating in committees last April after he was accused of sharing a book that was critical of the media’s coverage of alleged graves found at residential school sites.