Defence lawyer Rod Gillis argued Belyea didn't even look at a slide-show Ferguson presented in council, which he says explained the figure. Belyea responded, “I didn't need to bother--all the numbers he was starting with were wrong in the first place.”
Belyea called Ferguson's information, “non-factual facts,” saying Ferguson should have asked about disability pensions during a presentation by Kevin Estabrooks--rather than lashing out a few months later with bogus information. But the court saw a video that indicated the mayor prohibited questions after that presentation.
