Vander Zalm found liable in defamation case

Provincial Politics | 146 hits | Feb 10 8:59 am | Posted by: martin14

Former B.C. premier Bill Vander Zalm has been found liable of defaming the province's one-time conflict of interest commissioner Ted Hughes and ordered to pay $60,000.

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by martin14
Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:04 pm
Vander Zalm's lawyer told the court that the way his client portrayed key players like Hughes were fair comment.

I guess not.
by herbie
Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:14 pm
He should counter sue his editor for missing that... NOT.
Remember the cartoon of him pulling the wings off a fly? The Zalm won that suit.
Karma.
by djakeydd
Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:35 pm
This is a nice time to sue the Zalm, detracts him from chasing down the missing HST retraction - or maybe as harper and Crusty hope, everyone has forgotten about it by now.
by Freakinoldguy
Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:11 am
60 grand. Hell that's just chump change for people like Bill and Faye. He'll just have to pull out another brown paper bag to pay that one off.