It came out in the news yesterday that Shane Homes’ president Cal Wenzel has decided to sue Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi over statements made during this year’s election campaign.
At first, I found myself scratching my head over this lawsuit. Why bother? It was one sentence in one interview in the middle of an election campaign. Big deal.
Then it occurred to me – the move is consistent with a SLAPP lawsuit. In the short term, it has little to do with actual defamation of Cal Wenzel – I think that the leaked video that he was so angry about (Read more…)