Lund v Boissoin
Hate speech case in Alberta, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lund v Boissoin is a court case in Alberta, Canada based on a June 2002 a letter to the editor from Reverend Stephen Boissoin published in the Red Deer Advocate on the subject of homosexuality. Dr. Darren Lund made a complaint about the letter to the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission. In 2008, a human rights panel ruled that the letter was "likely to expose homosexuals to hatred and/or contempt," ordering Boissoin to apologize to Lund and pay $5,000 in damages. Boissoin appealed to the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. In 2009, the Court of Queen's Bench overturned the Panel's ruling. In 2012, the Court of Appeal of Alberta upheld the Queen's Bench decision.
Lund v Boissoin | |
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Court | Court of Appeal for Alberta |
Full case name | Stephen Boissoin and the Concerned Christian Coalition Inc. v Darren Lund |
Decided | October 17, 2012 (2012-10-17) |
Citations | Lund v Boissoin, 2012 ABCA 300 |
Case history | |
Prior actions | Alberta human rights panel ruled Boissoin violated the Human Rights, Citizenship and Multiculturalism Act; panel's decision was overturned on appeal to the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta. |
Appealed from | Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Carole Conrad, Clifton O'Brien, Brian O'Ferrall |
Case opinions | |
Appeal dismissed; decision of the lower court upheld. | |
Decision by | O'Brien J. |
Concurrence | Conrad, O'Ferrall JJ. |