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Originally Posted by Smartcar
He filed a bull$hit statement of claim for defamation, for what most people would consider fair comment in the context of an election campaign.
Wenzel can say whatever he wants privately to like minded people. Obviously when his private statements become public, people who don't agree can say so. That's life when you're in the public eye.
As far as paying for Nenshi's defense, he was interviewed by CBC as mayor. If he were a challenger would he have been interviewed? Maybe, but I can guarantee Wenzel would not have filed for defamation against an unsuccessful candidate for saying he was "maybe" like the Godfather. So Nenshi was sued because he's the mayor and said what he did. I don't think he shouldn't have to pay for the defense personally.
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would you be able to find the date of this, It might be here somewhere, but I don't have time to look.
However, if he did the interview during the campaign in the context of the election then no he wasn't acting as mayor.
If he did do it in the context of being mayor then Wenzel should be suing the city as well as Nenshi as the key representative.
As far as the BS statement of claim, that's up to the courts to decide. I would be very surprised if this got to the courts not because of the merits of lack of merits to the case, but because Nenshi would be foolish not to attempt tosettle because of the uncertainties of the courts in defamation cases.
And I don't know how good Nenshi would be on the stand, he tends to be his own worst enemy when he gets fired up.