Connie Fournier
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| Connie Fournier | |
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| File:Connie Fournier.jpgConnie Fournier.jpg Connie Fournier, 2014 | |
| Born | December 26, 1965 Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| 🏡 Residence | Kingston, Ontario |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | St. Lawrence College |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Mark Fournier (m. 2007) |
Connie Fournier is a conservative Canadian political activist living in Kingston, Ontario. In 2015, she wrote the book, "Betrayed: Stephen Harper's war on principled conservatism", which argues against the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015 (also known as Bill C-51) enacted by the government of then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Fournier is a co-founder of the Canadian conservative internet forum Free Dominion. In that capacity, there have been several defamation lawsuits against her and her husband over allegedly defamatory comments made on the forum. The judgement in a lawsuit filed against her by plaintiff John Baglow found that he had been defamed on the Free Dominion site but that no damages were warranted.[7] The lawsuit nonetheless established that internet forum operators are liable for defamation in Ontario.[8] The Fourniers were found liable in a defamation lawsuit filed against them by Richard Warman; the ruling was upheld on appeal.The Fourniers were ordered to pay Warman $45,000 in damages and over $100,000 in the plaintiff's costs, including the costs of appeal. [9][10]
On January 17, 2013, Fournier was presented with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her past and ongoing political activism for freedom of expression. The award was presented outside the House of Commons of Canada by Saskatoon-Wanuskewin MP Maurice Vellacott.[5][11]
References[edit]
- ↑ Connie Fournier: Principled conservatives ought to denounce Tory power grab, National Post, 30 June 2015
- ↑ Conservatives made deal to quiet dissent on C-51, gun group says, Macleans, 16 September 2015
- ↑ Bill C-51 hearings: National Firearms Association pulls out, CBC, 23 March 2015
- ↑ Why conservatives want C-51 killed — and what they’re doing about it, iPOLITICS, 22 June 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Right-wing Website Reboots to Fight Bill C-51, The Tyee, 25 March 2015
- ↑ Connie Fournier (3 August 2015). Betrayed: Stephen Harper's War on Principled Conservatism. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5153-9940-7. Search this book on
- ↑ Dr. Dawg licks his wounds: Court rules that defamation of Ottawa blogger was 'fair comment', Ottawa Citizen, 4 March 2015
- ↑ Insult and injury: Ontario court extends defamation liability to online forum operators, The Lawyers Weekly, 5 June 2015
- ↑ Court dismisses appeal of Warman libel judgment against website, Ottawa Citizen, 14 December 2015
- ↑ "Warman v. Fournier, 2015 ONCA 873". CanLII. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ↑ The Diamond Jubilee Medal - recipient Fournier, Connie, Governor General of Canada website, accessed on 20 February 2015.
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