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A Court of Queen’s bench judge has ordered Calgary home builder Cal Wenzel to pay Mayor Naheed Nenshi $10,000 over the plaintiff’s unsuccessful bid for a summary judgment.

Wenzel, CEO of Shane Homes, had been seeking $6 million in punitive and exemplary damages related to statements made by the mayor during the 2013 civic election campaign.

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In an interview with CBC Radio, Nenshi suggested Wenzel broke municipal election finance laws, instructed others to follow suit, and linked the home builder to the 1972 mobster film, The Godfather.

His comments followed the release of a secretly-recorded video in which Wenzel is shown addressing a crowd of his colleagues at a November 2012 meeting, encouraging members of the audience to donate to industry-friendly council candidates.

In an October 2013 interview, Nenshi said the video was evidence Wenzel was attempting to build a slate of candidates to undermine him and that the builder had admitted to breaking campaign finance laws.