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For the second time in as many weeks, Ezra Levant, head of the conservative news-site The Rebel Media, is suing a Twitter user who criticized a Rebel-promoted crowdfunding campaign for Fort McMurray disaster relief.

In a statement of claim filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice this week, Levant alleges that Robert Day defamed him by tweeting suggestions he or the Rebel might financially benefit from the campaign.

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The Rebel’s initiative raised $162,476 from 1,094 supporters for the Canadian Red Cross’s relief operations through the website Indiegogo. According to its website, the for-profit company takes five per cent of money raised from campaigns, while an additional three to five per cent goes to PayPal and credit card charges.

Day, a computer programmer based in Ottawa, uses the social media site under the handle @CanadianCynic, where his account profile picture is of a cartoon dog from the television series Family Guy.