Opening arguments in the defamation trial between Carin Bondar and Barry Neufeld were heard in Chilliwack Law Courts Tuesday (Nov. 14).
The civil lawsuit alleges former school trustee Neufeld defamed Bondar, a school trustee, when he called her a “striptease artist” during an internet talk show in September 2022 broadcast by Action4Canada called the Empower Hour.
“This statement was false, injurious and not defensible as fair comment,” said Bondar’s lawyer, Susanna Quail, in her opening statements.