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Ontario's s.137.1 test from Pointes Protection, BC's Protection of Public Participation Act, Quebec's Code of Civil Procedure, and Manitoba's new fourth-province anti-SLAPP law.
The newspaper and broadcast notice traps and limitation periods in every Canadian province, with exact deadlines, who they apply to, and where Quebec and the territories differ.
Canadian defamation damages are uncapped, but the $1.6 million Hill v. Church of Scientology award is a ceiling-setting outlier. A peer-reviewed study puts the median award near $29,000.
Justification, the WIC Radio fair comment test, Grant v. Torstar responsible communication, privilege, and apology laws. The defences to a defamation claim across common law Canada.
Canada runs two defamation systems: common law everywhere except Quebec, and a fault-based civil code in Quebec. Deadlines are the urgent part, from six weeks in Ontario to one year in Quebec.
Quebec defamation runs on the Civil Code and the Quebec Charter, not the common law used in the rest of Canada: fault-based liability, no presumed damages, and a one-year prescription period.
Crookes v. Newton on hyperlinks, why Canada has no section 230 platform immunity, Criminal Code ss.298-301 defamatory libel, and Ontario's unsettled online notice rule.
How defamation works in every Canadian province except Quebec: the three-part common-law test, why falsity and damage are presumed, and each province's own Libel and Slander or Defamation Act.
Practical sequencing for a defamation claim or defence in Canada: notice deadlines, evidence preservation, defences, anti-SLAPP protection, and realistic damages expectations.