Former Alberta justice minister Jonathan Denis could be cited for contempt of court after a letter was sent to the province's former chief medical examiner threatening to sue for defamation.
A judge who is to rule on a defamation threat sent in the middle of a civil trial by Alberta s former justice minister has been told the warning reignited fear and anxiety in the plaintiff and led another witness to beg off testifying.
A former Alberta chief medical examiner says she is afraid to testify at her wrongful dismissal trial for fear a lawyer who was once justice minister will sue her for defamation.