Tuesday, March 16, 2010



Canada: Levant says libel suit aims to ‘chill’ debate

We read:
"Free-speech blogger Ezra Levant has accused anti-hate activist Richard Warman of exploiting court processes to publicly "scandalize" him with "wholly irrelevant" allegations, and to discourage his "public service journalism" against human rights commissions.

The claim is in an affidavit, obtained by the National Post, that is part of Mr. Levant's defence against a libel suit brought by Mr. Warman.

A judge is to rule later this month whether Mr. Levant can examine files gathered by Mr. Warman over his decade of activism against those who post hate messages on the Internet, which includes 16 cases at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal.

In an affidavit supporting his request for disclosure, Mr. Levant said Mr. Warman's "focus on my political views, and [his] express concern for the political reputation of non-parties to this lawsuit, such as Mr. Warman's former employer, the [Canadian Human Rights Commission], demonstrates my contention that his lawsuit is indeed a ‘SLAPP' suit -- Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation -- designed to ‘chill' public discussion of these issues."

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dealing with the radical Left is like dealing with a water leak. Water will always find a way to seep in and rot everything in sight, except with the Left, it will bypass the things it likes.

Robert said...

If Mr. Warman indeed filed a SLAPP suit, I hope Mr. Levant does a SLAPP-back against Warman to recover all attorney fees and make him pay dearly.