Admissibility of Social Media Evidence: A Case Study
by John Gregory
John Gregory
In Landry c. Provigo Québec Inc (Maxi & Cie), 2011 QCCLP 1802 (CanLII), Madame Landry complained about harassment at her workplace at Provigo, the Quebec grocery chain. Her case was dismissed by theCommission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail [Workplace Health and Safety Commission] and went on appeal to the Commission des lésions professionnelles [Commission on workplace injuries]. The complainant relied in part on printouts of comments made on the Facebook page by friends of a colleague whom she had recently friended. These comments were not favourable to her. (The actual nature of the harassment is not disclosed in the judgment.)
http://www.slaw.ca/2012/08/22/admissibility-of-social-media-evidence-a-case-study/
