The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal filed by outspoken political commentator Ezra Levant over a 2014 libel judgment against him. Levant was found to have libelled Saskatchwan lawyer Khurrum Awan in nine posts to his online blog. An Ontario trial judge awarded Awan $50,000 in general damages and $30,000 in aggravated damages and ordered the libellous posts taken down. The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the judgment against Levant last year. 'Motivated by malice'As usual, the Supreme Court gave no reasons for refusing to hear the appeal.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2017 18:22 UTC