Mainstream Canada won the case against anti-salmon farming activist Don Staniford, who was ordered to pay CAD 75,000 (USD 72,456) for his online defamation about the safety of farmed salmon.
"We are pleased that the court recognizes that especially in the age of the Internet, public comments need to be backed up by facts," said Laurie Jensen, Mainstream Canada's Communications and Corporate Sustainability Manager on the company’s website.
When Mainstream Canada originally took Staniford to court early in 2012, the judge ruled in his favour believing him to be a responsible corporate citizen although his comments were also found to be defamatory, since they considered to be motivated by express malice toward Mainstream.
In an official statement, the firm said Staniford&...
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