A defamation lawsuit filed by the mother of Marc and Craig Kielburger against the Canadaland podcast and its host will head to trial after an Ontario court rejected an application to have it thrown out, finding the claim has "substantial merit." Marc Kielburger , screen left, and Craig Kielburger , screen right, appear as witnesses via videoconference during a House of Commons finance committee in the Wellington Building in Ottawa, Tuesday, July 28, 2020.
The article was written by Vincent and contained an allegation about the handling of funds by Theresa Kielburger on behalf of the organization, which was not yet registered as a charity at the time.Youth charged with attempted murder after Brampton park shootingThe piece, published in the magazine Saturday Night, said $150,000 pledged by the Ontario Federation of Labour in 1995 had been deposited in the family’s bank account.
“Whether the plaintiff was a party to the earlier action, however, is obviously not the issue; the point is that a statement about the plaintiff has to be put to the plaintiff so that she can respond,” the judge said. “The cynicism of Brown’s explanation not only accentuates the defamatory sting of his words, but could be considered high handed and oppressive.”In assessing whether Brown and Canadaland had done their due diligence in trying to verify the allegation, the judge noted there was no mention of the letters the accountant and the OFL’s president wrote to Saturday Night.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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