Trout Point Lodge, a wilderness hotel in Nova Scotia brought an action for defamation against Richard Handshoe, an online blogger. The defamatory comments originated with a news story written by Handshoe, which was published in the Times newspaper about a man named Aaron Broussard, being involved in a political corruption scandal. The plaintiffs were wrongly identified as being connected with Mr. Broussard in a business venture and Mr. Broussard was named in error as owning Trout Point Lodge. The allegations in the article against Broussard are kickback schemes, money laundering and fraud. The defamatory comments later included claims that Trout Point Lodge had misled a funding agency that supplied capital for the construction of the Lodge. The defamation continued with statements that Trout Point Lodge was losing business or going bankrupt because of the investigation of Mr. Broussard and his inability to continue to support it. Also, there were claims that Charles Leary and Vaughn Perret, directors at Trout Point Lodge, had been involved in a series of businesses which failed and that they are con men. The statements also contained anti-gay rhetoric and homophobic comments directed at Leary and Perret. After the original story was retracted by the Louisiana newspaper that published it, Mr. Handshoe made blog statements that Mr. Leary and Mr. Perret had improperly influenced the newspaper to retract the story. He also said that Mr. Leary and Mr. Perret were improperly using the legal system by commencing the defamation action. Discuss all the Defences that might be available to Mr. Handshoe against the allegations by Trout Point Lodge. Explain why you think they will succeed or fo