Wed Nov 16, 2022 – 6:51 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) — A Canadian judge has ruled in favor of free speech by tossing a libel lawsuit filed by the Canadian Anti-Hate Network (CAHN) against two journalists who accused the group of having assisted the radical left-wing group Antifa.
Richard Warman, who serves as a board member of the CAHN, claimed in 2019 that Quillette editor Jonathan Kay and columnist Barbara Kay had defamed the CAHN by saying they assisted the “violent Antifa” on social media.
In a ruling late last week, an Ottawa judge decided to drop the suit, and rebuked the CAHN saying that “the evidence disclosed” showed that “CAHN did in fact assist Antifa, and that movement has been violent.”
“The Kays submission, which I accept, is that a human rights network like CAHN arguably (except in the most extreme circumstances) should not support a violent movement, and to do so, to most reasonable overseers, would not be a ‘good look’,” explained the judge.
The judge also noted that while Warman is well known as a “righteous crusader against white supremacy and right-wing racist hate,” he is also a “controversial figure
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