Jeremy Gabriel
Comedians Tell Us What They Think of a Quebec Comic’s Fine for Joking About a Kid With a Disability
Mike Ward's $42,000 fine has become a cause celebre for many Canadian comics but was his joke defensible?
A comedian was ordered to pay $42,000 because he insulted a child with a disability
In a decision that has many comedians up-in-arms about freedom of speech, a Quebec tribunal has ordered comedian Mike Ward to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the suffering he caused one Quebec boy and his mother.
This Comedian Is Fighting for His Right to 'Make Fun of Everything'
Mike Ward, a popular and provocative comic in Quebec, is before a human rights tribunal for a joke he made about a young man who suffers from a condition that causes facial disfigurement.
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