Posted AT 6:23 AM EST on 02/07/08
The fading line between free speech and libel
His client, Maclean's, secured a big win last week when the Canadian Human Rights Commission dismissed a complaint against the magazine from Muslim critics. Still, famed libel lawyer Julian Porter is in no mood to celebrate.
Yes, the federal commission is the second agency after an Ontario tribunal to dismiss charges from the Canadian Islamic Congress that a 2006 article by Mark Steyn exposed Muslims to hatred.
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