Connie Fournier

Connie Fournier is a conservative Canadian political activist living in Kingston, Ontario. In 2015, she wrote the book, "Betrayed: Stephen Harper's war on principled conservatism", which argues against the Anti-terrorism Act, 2015 (also known as Bill C-51) enacted by the government of then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Fournier is a co-founder of the Canadian conservative internet forum Free Dominion. In that capacity, there have been several defamation lawsuits against her and her husband over allegedly defamatory comments made on the forum. The judgement in a lawsuit filed against her by plaintiff John Baglow found that he had been defamed on the Free Dominion site but that no damages were warranted. The lawsuit nonetheless established that internet forum operators are liable for defamation in Ontario. The Fourniers were found liable in a defamation lawsuit filed against them by Richard Warman; the ruling was upheld on appeal.The Fourniers were ordered to pay Warman $45,000 in damages and over $100,000 in the plaintiff's costs, including the costs of appeal.
On January 17, 2013, Fournier was presented with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for her past and ongoing political activism for freedom of expression. The award was presented outside the House of Commons of Canada by Saskatoon-Wanuskewin MP Maurice Vellacott.

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