How have courts dealt with a pecuniary interest under the Community Charter?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Schlenker v. Torgrimson, 2012 BCSC 41 (CanLII):
This court and our court of appeal recently dealt with a pecuniary interest in Fairbrass v. Hansma, 2009 BCSC 878, 97 B.C.L.R. (4th) 167 at para. 44 (“Fairbrass BCSC”), aff’d 2010 BCCA 319, 5 B.C.L.R. (5th) 349 at para. 14 (“Fairbrass BCCA”). In dealing with the Community Charter’s conflict of interest provisions, the trial judge pointed out that the authorities establish that there must be: … at least some evidence showing a link between the pecuniary interests of the official and the pecuniary interests of the party whose affairs were affected by the matter under discussion.
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