Les Leyne: Bureaucrats’ rejection of power-generation plan to cost taxpayers $10 million – Prince George Citizen
The B.C. Supreme Court ruled that officials committed misfeasance — wrongful exercise of authority — in rejecting the multi-million dollar project without having any apparent grounds or authority to do so
B.C. taxpayers are on the hook for $10 million in damages after a court ruled that bureaucrats who rejected an independent power proposal years ago mishandled the file.
The B.C. Supreme Court ruled that officials committed misfeasance — wrongful exercise of authority — in rejecting the multi-million dollar project without having any apparent grounds or authority to do so.
In essence, the wrong officials made the decision for the wrong reasons.
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