Mon30Jun20081241PM
A small victory for freedom of speech
tagged Ezra Levant, freedom of speech, HRC, Kari Simpson, Rafe Mair and Supreme Court of Canada
I wasn’t following the Supreme Court of Canada as it heard arguments for, and decided on, the Rafe Mair/Kari Simpson brouhaha, but I think I have to agree with Ezra Levant: the decision definitely is a shift, in the law, toward greater freedom of speech. It would seem, at least, to expand the “fair comment” provision to such an extent that the advantage in defamation law has shifted to the respondent in any claim.
Which means that defamation law might become, in the future, a more powerful weapon against HRC decisions.
Gotta like the sound of that.
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