B.C. writer Steven Galloway’s defamation case clears court hurdle as appeal rejected
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OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a bid to appeal by accusers of former University of British Columbia writing professor and novelist Steven Galloway, paving the way for his defamation case against them to go to trial.
Galloway is suing several people he says defamed him with false allegations of sexual assault, including a former student whose name is protected by a publication ban, and others who repeated the statements on social media and elsewhere.
Thursday’s ruling by Canada’s high court, which also awarded Galloway costs, effectively upholds a B.C. appeal court finding in January that the alleged defamatory statements were not protected by the province’s Protection of Public Participation Act.
The appeals had hinged on B.C.’s law against “strategic lawsuits” which aim to “silence or deter” commentary on matters of public interest.
