Tartan Towing files second suit against deputy mayor, Bison director
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Tartan Towing has launched a second lawsuit against Winnipeg Deputy Mayor Janice Lukes and the director of another towing company that alleges they made additional defamatory comments against it.
Tartan, along with two of its owners, are suing Lukes, Bison Towing, and Bison director Zakria Shoaib for unspecified general, special and punitive damages.
The statement of claim was filed in Manitoba Court of King’s Bench on Friday. No statements of defence have been filed.
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Tartan Towing, along with two of its owners, are suing Lukes, Bison Towing, and Bison director Zakria Shoaib for unspecified general, special and punitive damages.
The lawsuit claims Lukes and Shoaib made defamatory remarks in a Free Press story and a CBC broadcast in response to the first lawsuit filed against them by Tartan Towing earlier this month.
Tartan claims the comments in the news stories “reiterate and reinforce the previous defamatory statements made” by both and continue to make it appear Tartan used bribery to get a contract from the city.
The claim alleges the statements have resulted in “racially discriminatory correspondence, specifically against the East Indian and Sikh employees of Tartan” as well as hate mail and phone calls, threats to kill Tartan employees, and threats to burn down the company’s business premises.
The company additionally claims the alleged comments by Lukes were made for “political gain at the expense of the plaintiffs.”
Lukes would not comment on the second lawsuit.
The issue arose earlier this year when Tartan Towing successfully bid on a contract after the city issued a tender to hire a company to tow and store vehicles ticketed by police officers.
The approval was controversial because it was awarded while the city was suing Tartan and accusing it of allegedly overcharging it $1.1 million. Tartan has launched a countersuit; both cases are still before the courts.
The Winnipeg Police Service announced this month it has launched an internal review of its towing contracts.
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