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Union leader claims he was defamed by business columnist

A Canada court is being asked to decide if former Teamsters union director Ed Lawson was defamed in a 2008 article by Vancouver Sun business columnist David Baines.

Gerry Bellett of the Sun writes, “The article questioned the retired senator’s part in a company claiming ownership of oil and gas rights in the Arctic.

“Lawson’s lawyer, Roger McConchie, told Justice Robert Sewell on Monday that the article contained false and malicious words of which the natural order and meaning was that Lawson, now 80, was corrupt and guilty of corruption and racketeering.

“While the column did not literally say as much, it was implied, said McConchie. He told Sewell the plaintiff was seeking to show that malice was involved in the composition of the column and this would entitle Lawson to seek increased damages.”

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