The Supreme Court of Canada is examining the right of comedian Mike Ward to make fun of Jérémy Gabriel and the latter’s right to dignity.
In November 2019, two of the three Quebec Court of Appeal judges ordered Ward to pay $35,000 in punitive and moral damages. However, the court overturned the Human Rights Tribunal’s decision to also award damages of $7,000 to Gabriel’s mother.
The case is being followed with great interest in Quebec, while the highest court in the country will have to determine whether freedom of expression protects artistic discourse as much as political discourse. READ MORE: Comedian Mike Ward loses appeal over penalty for joke about disabled boy Supreme Court justices will also have to decide whether mocking personal
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