Lacking a constitutional framework, each province sets its own libel and slander rules, the result of which is that every national publication has to operate as if it were governed by the lowest-common-denominator regulations of Queensland, where truth is not an absolute defense, if a court finds the published information lacks sufficient "public interest.

The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that may make it more difficult to file libel and slander suits against media organizations.

Most letters to the Examiner had included words like libel and slander.