Ontario's top court heard an appeal over allegedly defamatory comments made by Premier Doug Ford which lawyers for previous OPP deputy commissioner Brad Blair argued were made to deflect criticism from the premier.
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Premier Doug Ford has persuaded an Ontario court to dismiss a libel lawsuit filed against him by the province’s former top police officer – a ruling that was rendered after Mr. Ford gave sworn evidence saying that the suit was like “a gag order on me.”
In 2019, former acting Ontario Provincial Police commissioner Brad Blair sued Mr. Ford for defamation as the two men engaged in a war of words over the leadership of the OPP, Canada’s second-largest police force.