Editing Denis Coderre (section)

==== Shane Doan incident ====
During the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 election]], Coderre accused [[National Hockey League]] player [[Shane Doan]] of uttering ethnic slurs directed against French-speaking referees at a game in Montreal. Coderre wrote a letter to the [[Canadian Olympic Committee]] asking them to keep Doan off Canada's [[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2006 hockey team]] competing at the Olympics in [[Turin, Italy]]. [[The Globe and Mail]] columnist [[Eric Duhatschek]] noted that "the NHL is tough on ethnic slurs ... if Mr. Coderre has any proof he should produce it. Otherwise he should just shut up." Hockey commentator John Davidson accused Coderre of "grandstanding" and criticized his accusation, saying that "a person shouldn't go stand on a platform and yell and scream about it when he doesn't even know the facts."<ref name="DoanCBC">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/shane-doan-takes-legal-action-against-liberal-mp-1.614389 |title=Shane Doan takes legal action against Liberal MP |orig-date=January 17, 2006 |date=January 18, 2006 |work=[[CBC Sports]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104205556/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/shane-doan-takes-legal-action-against-liberal-mp-1.614389 |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref>

Doan was given a gross misconduct penalty for verbal abuse of the officials at the end of the December 13, 2005 game between his team, the [[Phoenix Coyotes]], and the [[Montreal Canadiens]]. Referees and linesmen for the game were all Francophones from Quebec. Although one of the linesmen, [[Michel Cormier (linesman)|Michel Cormier]], filed a report against the player, Doan was cleared by NHL's chief disciplinarian and executive vice-president [[Colin Campbell (ice hockey executive)|Colin Campbell]], who concluded that the allegations were baseless. Doan himself has denied that he ever made the ethnic slur.<ref name="DoanCBC"/>

In January 2006, Doan sued Coderre for character defamation seeking $250,000 in damages with Doan promising to donate all damages awarded to charities to benefit Canadians.<ref name="DoanCBC"/> In April 2007, Coderre counter-sued Doan for defamation seeking $45,000 in damages.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/357598414/B6A0034241E2433EPQ |title=MP Coderre counters Shane Doan |date=April 2, 2007 |work=[[Nelson Daily News]] |page=6 |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |location=Montreal, Quebec, Canada |url-access=subscription |id={{ProQuest|357598414}}}}</ref>