Former PPC candidate Chelsea Hillier ordered to pay nearly $100,000 in defamation case via nationalpost
Chelsea Hillier, who has run, unsuccessfully, for public office at both the provincial and federal level, was ordered to delete the offending tweets and post a retraction to her Twitter account for 60 days, saying the social media posts were false. She was ordered to pay $85,000 in damages, plus $12,485 in costs to Esther Post, who taught Hillier at Carleton more than a decade ago.
“The defendant’s tweets contain serious allegations, which were harmful to Ms. Post’s personal and professional reputations,” said Baldy. “Enforcement will be a whole separate issue, but this judgment in and of itself will help restore and protect her reputation moving forward.” Hillier’s father, Randy Hillier, who represented Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston in the Ontario legislature from 2007 to 2022, has also been an outspoken opponent of COVID-19 public-health measures. He was ejected from the Progressive Conservative caucus in 2019 and did not seek re-election in June. He regularly criticized COVID lockdowns and mask and vaccine mandates while serving as an independent MPP, and is facing multiple charges in relation to the February Freedom Convoy protests in Ottawa.
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