Is a statement of opinion entitled to fair comment?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Miceli v. Swinton, 2019 ONSC 2926 (CanLII):
Also, in Grant v. Torstar Corp., the court noted at para. 31 that “statements of opinion, a category which includes any ‘deduction, inference, conclusion, criticism, judgment, remark or observation which is generally incapable of proof’ may attract the defence of fair comment.” [Citations omitted.].
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