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2017 September 26
GMR inc. c. Gagnon, 2017 QCCQ 11807

The Quebec Court (Civil Chamber) awarded each of the three plaintiffs $1,500 moral damages and $1,000 punitive damages over a defamatory email sent by the defendant to the City of Quebec, a client of the plaintiffs.   The Court noted the defamatory email was given limited dissemination.