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Published Jan 10, 2025 • 1 minute read
OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed Rebel News Network’s latest bid to quash $3,000 in fines levied against the right-wing media outlet by the commissioner of elections.
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The fines were imposed in 2021 after an investigation by the commissioner’s office into lawn signs erected by Rebel News during the 2019 federal election campaign, ostensibly to promote a new book by Rebel founder Ezra Levant.
The signs urged people to buy the book, entitled The Libranos: What the media won’t tell you about Justin Trudeau’s corruption.
The signs featured the book’s cover art — a drawing of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, surrounded by some ministers and top advisers, that was made to resemble promotional art for “The Sopranos,” a popular TV show about gangsters.
The elections commissioner concluded the lawn signs constituted election advertising since they were clearly intended to oppose a registered party and its leader in the midst of the campaign.
Rebel was fined $1,500 for failing to register as a third party during the campaign and another $1,500 for failing to include a legally required tag line on the lawn signs to identify who was behind them.
In 2023, the Federal Court dismissed Rebel News’ application for a judicial review of the decision, prompting the company to take its case to the Federal Court of Appeal.
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