The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday that it will hear comedian Mike Ward's appeal of a 2019 ruling that he must pay $35,000 to a disabled child singer that he mocked for years in his stand-up comedy shows. In 2016, Quebec's Human Rights Tribunal ruled that Ward must pay Jérémy Gabriel damages for making jokes that violated his rights. Ward appealed the ruling, but last year, the Quebec's Court of Appeal upheld the first decision. Ward was ordered to pay $25,000 in moral damages and $10,000 in punitive damages to Gabriel. The tribunal also ordered Ward to pay damages to Gabriel's mother, but the Court of Appeal overturned that part of the decision.

Source: CBC News July 30, 2020 15:04 UTC