York and Rehaag say they will rely primarily on two defences to defamation: qualified privilege, in which Rehaag claims he had a good faith interest or duty in publishing this information for people with a corresponding interest or duty to receive it; and fair comment, in which he claims his comments were on matters of public interest, based in fact, recognizable as comment, not motivated on malice, and reflect an opinion that any person could honestly express on the facts.
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