Conservative campaign chair Walied Soliman wins defamation suit against ‘far-right’ commentator Daniel Bordman

Judge Perrell's summary decision notes that "Mr. Bordman has not published, taught, or studied in the area of national security, terrorism, or international relations," and that he "has no formal education in journalism". Scathingly, "Mr. Bordman [had] no notes or records of his investigation of Mr. Soliman" nor did he "contact or attempt to contact Mr. Soliman for comment before broadcasting his statements."

Mr. Bordman has a long history of mocking, ridiculing, scorning and deriding in his video broadcasts. As an exmample, on his February 1, 2020 broadcast of his program "The Worst of CBC", he appears wearing a bath towel.

Judge Perrell found Bordman issued three categories of defamatory statements: that Mr.Soliman supports "extermist, terrorist Islamic organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood"; that he is an anti-Semite and “hides his anti-Semitism from his Jewish law partners”; and that he “supports the introduction of Sharia law to Canada to supplant or override Canadian law.” Perell noted that Bordman "made false statements of facts and not comments or opinions, and, thus the defence of fair comment is not available to him."

Perell found that Bordman “made false statements of fact and not comments or opinions, and, thus, the defence of fair comment is not available to him," while also rejecting the defence responsible communication, because Bordman failed to take reasonable steps "to ensure the overall accuracy of [his] factual assertions.

The ruling is expected to be significant for a growing body of American and Canadian case law that heavily penalizes defamatory statements published on social media and other internet platforms.

At time of writing, Daniel Bordman remains listed as a contributor on The National Telegraph (TNT) website.