Canadian Defamation Law - Criminal Defamation

Criminal Defamation

Defamation as a tort does not infringe the freedom of expression guarantee under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, according to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Coates v. The Citizen (1988), 44 C.C.L.T. 286 (N.S.S.C.). Defamatory libel is equally valid as a criminal offence under the Criminal Code, according to the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Lucas.

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