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Good he (Mike Ward) won his case
He is not on TV you can only see him if you pay to go.


He was on Free Speech Nation, GBnewsHD
giving a long interview. Last Night.

In Canada this is a Disabled Singer that is not that good.
Mike Ward joked why is he not dead yet(Dark Humour)

His Lawyers said he would not win his case
but he did as his show is not on any media.



[A Canadian comedian who mocked a disabled singer
has won his free speech case in Canada's top court.

In a 5-4 split decision, the Supreme Court
ruled that jokes told about the singer,
who was a child at the time,
did not amount to discrimination.
It marks the end of a nearly decade-long legal
battle over a segment in a
stand-up comedy special.

The case, which tested the limits
of free speech in Canada, has received widespread attention.

It began in 2010, when Mike Ward,
a popular comedian from Quebec known
for his edgy comedy,
started telling jokes about child singer Jeremy Gabriel.

The stand-up act at the centre of the case dealt
with issues of race and religion,
as well as what Mr Ward has called
the "sacred cows" of the
province's celebrity industry,
people who in his view were for
various reasons - too rich,
too powerful - seen as out-of-bounds for mockery.

In the segment in question, Mr Ward made jokes
about Mr Gabriel, who as a boy had
become a minor celebrity province
and was known in the press as
"Petit Jeremy".
Mr Gabriel has Treacher Collins Syndrome,
a genetic disorder that can affect
facial bone structure and,
in his case, caused severe deafness.

The jokes referenced Mr Gabriel's disability
and mocked his appearance.]


[The ruling said that Mr Gabriel was targeted
not because of his disability,
but because of his fame,
and that while some of the comments
were "nasty and disgraceful",
they "did not incite the audience
to treat Mr Gabriel as subhuman".]


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59015486