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The National Post is appealing a defamation ruling that ordered it to pay $50,000 to a B.C. politician and environmentalist.
Andrew Weaver sued the newspaper, its publisher and several writers over four columns that were published in late 2009 and early 2010.
At the time, Weaver was a University of Victoria professor who had participated in a UN panel on climate change, though now he is a Green party member of B.C.’s legislature.
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A B.C. Supreme Court judge concluded the newspaper’s columns were defamatory and that they implied Weaver was deceitful and dishonest.
The Post has filed a notice with the B.C. Court of Appeal, though it does not outline the legal arguments the newspaper intends to make.
During the previous case, the newspaper argued the articles were about Weaver’s public actions and words, not his character, and said they amounted to fair comment.
National Post appeals defamation ruling in B.C. politician’s lawsuit - The Globe and Mail
The National Post is appealing a defamation ruling that ordered it to pay $50,000 to a B.C. politician and environmentalist.
Andrew Weaver sued the newspaper, its publisher and several writers over four columns that were published in late 2009 and early 2010.
At the time, Weaver was a University of Victoria professor who had participated in a UN panel on climate change, though now he is a Green party member of B.C.’s legislature.
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A B.C. Supreme Court judge concluded the newspaper’s columns were defamatory and that they implied Weaver was deceitful and dishonest.
The Post has filed a notice with the B.C. Court of Appeal, though it does not outline the legal arguments the newspaper intends to make.
During the previous case, the newspaper argued the articles were about Weaver’s public actions and words, not his character, and said they amounted to fair comment.
National Post appeals defamation ruling in B.C. politician’s lawsuit - The Globe and Mail