Joseph Volpe, publisher of Corriere Canadese, plans to appeal the ruling.
A $30-million defamation lawsuit against two Toronto city councillors and several Catholic school board trustees over an LGBTQ2S+ service for students has been quashed in Ontario Superior Court.
The dispute centred around a link on the TCDSB website to LGBT Youthline, which provided further links to resources, peer support and referrals. “During the course of the comments, the councillor and trustee defendants stated their view that Volpe and Corriere were homophobic, transphobic, and anti-LGBTQ2S+,” according to the judgment.
The judge ruled that the lawsuit amounted to an attempt to prevent public officials from speaking out on a matter of public interest, also known as a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation .“ are lawsuits used by wealthy corporations and individuals to silence public critics — forcing them into expensive legal battles until they cease their objections and criticism,” Wong-Tam said.
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