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Mayor Valérie Plante says she was justified in pulling the plug on the money-losing Formula E race and is not intimidated by a $24.8-million lawsuit against herself and the city.

Speaking to reporters before the monthly council meeting on Monday, Plante said she wouldn’t let herself be cowed by “entertainment multi-millionaires” seeking legal redress after the city decided in December 2017 not to stage the event in 2018 or 2019.

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Last Wednesday, Quebec Superior Court authorized the lawsuit by Formula E Operations Ltd. (FEO), which organizes electric car races around the world, to go ahead.

“As for the lawsuit these entertainment multi-millionaires have launched against the mayor … I will not let those people intimidate me,” Plante said.

She also defended the approximately $600,000 the city expects to spend on legal counsel to defend itself and Plante, who is also named in the suit.

“The Formula E project did not have unanimous support before, during or after the election campaign,” she said.