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"In my view, the defendants are under an obligation to disclose all documents in their power and control," Justice Stanley Kershman said in a ruling delivered Monday to defendants Connie Wilkins-Fournier and Mark Fournier of Kingston, Ont., who run the website Free Dominion.
Kershman also ordered the couple to pay $5,000 in costs to the plaintiff in the case, Ottawa human rights lawyer Richard Warman, described by Kershman as an "anti-hate speech advocate."
So not only are they forced to give up any documents, they're fined five thousand bucks on top of it as well.
Dunno what the issue was about , (www.freedominion.com is a general purpose website I saw by looking it up, some alliance party stuff on it) but it's good to know that if anyone has any records of any kind about you they can be forced to give it up. And then penalized as well.
So ..did you buy anything online recently ? Did you use your credit card for something you'd prefer your wife not to know about ? Are you being sued by anyone for anythign and their lawyer is looking for fodder ? Are you going through a nasty divorce ? did you join a political party and your enemies want to smear your name ? Are you trying to get elected to public office ?
If you said yes to any of these , yer basically toast. Freedom of speech does not apply to the internet. You Shall be Crucified for openning your mouth. Plain and Simple.
Which will have the interesting effect of no one openning their mouths anymore. Did you want to run a survey ? Did you want your employee's *HONEST* opinion , and not some local I love this job pap just before they quit and leave you wondering why, did you want all exit interviews declared null and void with a simple "This job is boring , found another" excuse because they're afraid to say anything ?
This is the world you are building. And it's going to be terribly unpredictable.
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