WIC Radio Ltd v Simpson
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wic-radio-ltd-v-simpson-270-18437198
title:
WIC Radio Ltd v Simpson
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WIC Radio Ltd v Simpson (2008) is a case on appeal from the Court of Appeal for British Columbia to the Supreme Court of Canada on defamation. After CKNW radio talk show host Rafe Mair broadcast an editorial that compared activist Kari Simpson to Adolf Hitler, the Ku Klux Klan, and former Alabama governor George Wallace, among others, Simpson sued Mair and his employer, WIC Radio Ltd., for defamation. A 2006 B.C. Court of Appeal decision written by then-justice Mary Southin, concluded that Mair
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Supreme Court of Canada decision
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIC_Radio_Ltd_v_Simpson
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2023-04-16T18:09:31Z
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