Ezra Levant seems to be a slow learner in that regard. Courts seem to be upping the amount every time he loses a new defamation case.

Would the case even make it to the Supreme Court of Canada, or would it be settled at a lower case. 

The SCOC can refuse to hear an appeal of a lower Federal Court decision, as Levant discovered.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/feeds/canadian-press/national/supreme-court-will-not-hear-ezra-levants-appeal-of-libel-judgment/article35247538/