Brown dismisses Wynne’s defamation lawsuit against him as a stunt
TORONTO — Ontario’s Opposition leader is brushing off a defamation lawsuit the premier has launched against him as a political stunt — increasing the likelihood the dispute will drag on through the June election.
Premier Kathleen Wynne sued Progressive Conservative Leader Patrick Brown this week for comments he made in September that her lawyers say wrongly characterized the premier as being on trial.
Wynne said Tuesday that she would drop the lawsuit if he simply said he was sorry.
“This whole situation could be resolved with a simple apology if Patrick Brown just apologized for what everyone has acknowledged was an untrue statement,” she said. “But in the absence of that we are simply moving forward in order to be able to continue the process. I still remain hopeful that he will apologize and that will be the end of it.”