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This appeal concerned the free speech rights of a speaker on a matter of public interest. The defendant Mair read an editorial he had written on his radio show, in which he referred to the plaintiff on several occasions with … Read More
The Access o Abortion Services Act expressly empowers government to abrogate freedom of expression by establishing “access ones” within which various proscriptions set out in the Act apply. In Slaight Communication vs. Davidson, 1989 1 SCR 1038, the Supreme Court … Read More
The question raised by this appeal was whether government entities have the right to control the content of the expression that took place on the side of buses. The BCCLA argued that refusing to allow the appellants to advertise on … Read More
The question raised by this argument was whether government entities have the right to control the content of the expression that took place on the side of buses. The BCCLA argued that refusing to allow the appellants to advertise on … Read More
Both Defendants admit that they refused to permit the Ads, but each says that it is not a government to which the Charter applies, there was no infringement of section 2(b) of the Charter, in any event, and, if there … Read More
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In November 1997, the leaders of the eighteen Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (“APEC”) economies met in Vancouver. On November 25, 1997, those individuals convened on the campus of the University of British Columbia (“UBC”). Security for their meeting was provided, in … Read More
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