Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 24 hours agoU of R professor found liable of defamation for calling a book ‘racist garbage’www.ctvnews.caexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up155
arrow-up155external-linkU of R professor found liable of defamation for calling a book ‘racist garbage’www.ctvnews.caSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 24 hours agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareMysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·19 hours agoCanadian defamation law is actually much stricter than US law - truth isn’t always an absolute defense and the burden of proof is on the defendant to prove their statements werent defamatory.
Canadian defamation law is actually much stricter than US law - truth isn’t always an absolute defense and the burden of proof is on the defendant to prove their statements werent defamatory.