SLAPP suits across Canada

This short little article will focus mainly on some facts, or statistics about the presence of SLAPP suits in Canada.

First off, SLAPP suits are not allowed in the province of Quebec [1]. This is the only province that has attained anti-slapp legislation, even though many other provincial governments have brought up the subject on multiple occasions. Ontario is also following them in this legislation [2], and it seems as though they are going in a positive direction towards attaining anti-slapp suit legislation. Other provinces and territories throughout Canada do not have protection against SLAPP suits, or any current considerations for anti-slapp suit legislation, with the exception of grassroots groups. As said in one of our previous articles, British Columbia came close in attaining anti-slapp suit legislation, but it fell through with the end of Ujjal Dosanjh’s government, and the emergence of the Liberal government. It will be interesting to see how the situation in Ontario ends up, and whether or not British Columbia and other provinces or territories will follow Quebec in introducing this legislation.

[1] http://burnabypipelinewatch.ca/content/petition-protect-public-participation-stop-slapp-suits
[2] ibid.