B.C. Appeal Court ruling on responsible communication tips balance in favour of free expression: lawyer

By Ian Burns ( December 4, 2018, 12:25 PM EST) -- A former member of Parliament has lost his defamation case against a major provincial newspaper after the B.C. Court of Appeal ruled a lower court judge was wrong in not considering whether the overall tone of the article was responsible communication rather than just one section of it, with the plaintiff’s lawyer saying he fears the decision could allow people to publish false items and escape responsibility....