Mike Ward

• Supreme Court rejects Quebec woman’s attempt to sue comedian who mocked her son

  Canada's highest court has put an end to a 12-year legal saga that pitted comedian Mike Ward against the family of a disabled Quebec singer whom he mocked in his routines.

  Canada

  Jan 9, 2025
  
• Quebec’s human rights commission drops nearly 200 cases after Supreme Court decision

  Last year's Supreme Court of Canada decision in favour of a controversial Quebec comedian forced the province's human rights commission to close 194 discrimination cases.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2022
  
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• Quebec judge dismisses defamation suit against comedian Mike Ward regarding joke

  Judge Manon Gaudreault dismissed the suit but also rejected Ward's claim that Sylvie Gabriel's lawsuit was abusive and an excessive use of the legal system.

  Canada

  Jun 22, 2022
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• Quebec rights commission drops discrimination cases after Supreme Court’s Mike Ward ruling

  The Quebec human rights commission is dropping several cases involving discriminatory allegations. It will now only pursue cases where comments lead to discriminatory actions.

  Politics

  Apr 19, 2022
• Quebec comedian Mike Ward facing new legal action for joke about disabled singer

  Ward is being sued in separate actions in Quebec Superior Court and provincial court for a total of $372,600 in connection with a joke he made between 2010 and 2013.

  Canada

  Feb 1, 2022
• Comedian Mike Ward’s mockery of disabled Quebec singer not discriminatory: Supreme Court

  In a 5-4 ruling, the high court set aside a decision ordering Ward to pay damages for mocking Jeremy Gabriel, saying a discrimination claim must not become a defamation action.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2021
• Comedian Mike Ward heads to Supreme Court over jokes about Jérémy Gabriel

  Supreme Court justices will also have to decide whether mocking personal characteristics amounts to discrimination.

  Canada

  Feb 15, 2021
• Comedian Mike Ward loses appeal over penalty for joke about disabled boy

  In 2016, Quebec Human Rights Tribunal ordered Ward to pay $35,000 in moral and punitive damages to Gabriel based on comments Ward made during shows between 2010 and 2013.

  Crime

  Nov 28, 2019
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• Quebec singer Jérémy Gabriel exits social media following threats

  Jérémy Gabriel says there is a "limit to what a human being can bear, and this limit was crossed in recent days."

  Canada

  Jan 22, 2019
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• Quebec comic Mike Ward in court defending joke about Jérémy Gabriel

  Quebec's Appeal Court is hearing arguments about whether a comedian who joked of drowning a disabled boy should have to pay damages to the child and his family.

  Canada

  Jan 16, 2019