The verdict was not guilty, but the court of public opinion is still out on the Sudbury byelection trial, a new poll suggests. A Forum Research poll conducted Tuesday and Wednesday found 39 per cent of respondents would be less likely to vote Liberal in the June 7, 2018 election as a result of the trial. “The Ontario Liberals could not have asked for a better outcome from the Sudbury trial, but what’s clear from the data is that, overall, the result doesn’t matter much,” Forum Research President Lorne Bozinoff said Thursday. Most – 51 per cent – said they weren’t following the trial closely with 36 per cent saying they were and 14 per cent said they hadn’t heard of the case. Brown has been served with a notice of libel for erroneously saying that Ontario has “a sitting premier sitting in trial” and that she “stands trial” in Sudbury.

Source: thestar October 26, 2017 21:11 UTC