(Former Common Councillor and Mayoral Candidate John Ferguson)
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Former Common Councillor and Mayoral candidate John Ferguson has failed to persuade the Court of Queen's Bench to dismiss the lawsuit for defamation brought against him by the city's Pension Board in January of 2007. Ferguson, who's now the City Manager in St. Stephen, argued the Pension Board doesn't have the legal capacity to sue for defamation. Mr. Justice William Grant determined the city's Pension Act gives the board the legal capacity to launch legal actions. Whether the Pension Board has the legal standing to do so is another matter but the judge concluded the merits of the Pension Board's case was not before the court. Ferguson and his lawyer both declined to comment.
