The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of Quebec comedian Mike Ward, who was ordered by the Quebec Court of Appeal to pay $35,000 after joking about drowning a disabled boy.
Ward is asking the highest court to overturn the decision rendered by the Court of Appeal in November 2019 which partially upheld a decision of the Human Rights Tribunal.
Gabriel has Treacher Collins syndrome, a genetic disorder that causes facial deformity and hearing impairment. He caught the public's attention because of his dream of becoming an internationally famous singer, and he performed for Pope Benedict, Celine Dion and at a Montreal Canadiens game. In his shows, Mike Ward claimed that people were nice to 'petit Jeremy' because they believed the boy was going to die soon. He had called him ugly and 'unkillable'.
Mike Ward and his lawyer, Julius Gray, are fighting this case on the grounds of freedom of expression.
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