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2017 January 5
Dyck v. Canadian Assn. of Professional Employees, 2017 ONSC 34

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck out a claim for defamation over an email on the ground it disclosed no cause of action. The Court held: “[S]imply replying by email, only to the sender of an allegedly defamatory email, does not constitute publishing or republishing to a third party.”