Court upholds dismissal of CUPW defamation action over comments that it supports Hamas

By Karunjit Singh ( August 6, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT) -- The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a defamation action brought by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) over comments suggesting it supported terrorism and Hamas, finding that the defence of fair comment applied even though the statements were defamatory and substantially untrue....