An Ontario Superior Court judge has thrown out a $30-million defamation suit accusing several local Toronto politicians, journalists and media outlets of labelling the owner and publisher of an Italian-language newspaper homophobic, transphobic and anti-LGBTQ+.
The suit was filed in April of 2021 by Joseph Volpe, the publisher of Corriere Canadese, and M.T.E.C. Consultants, which owns the newspaper. Volpe was a Liberal MP for the Toronto riding of Eglinton-Lawrence from 1988 to 2011 and served in two cabinet posts in the government of Paul Martin.
The suit named two Toronto city councillors, Kristyn Wong-Tam and Paul Ainslie. Four Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) trustees, journalists Elizabeth Di Filippo and Enzo DiMatteo, as well
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