What is a matter of public interest?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from 1704604 Ontario Ltd. v. Pointes Protection Association, 2018 ONCA 685 (CanLII):
A matter of public interest must be distinguished from a matter about which the public is merely curious or has a prurient interest: Grant v. Torstar Corp., at paras. 102, 105. Public people are entitled to private lives. Expressions that relate to private matters are not converted into matters relating to the public interest merely because those expressions concern individuals in whom the public have an interest or involve topics that may titillate and entertain.
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