Free Expression: Canada
CJFE hails Ontario's move to curb SLAPP lawsuits
TORONTO (June 18, 2013) - Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) welcomes the Ontario government’s decision to strengthen protection from legal harassment for citizens who voice controversial opinions on public issues.
The Protection of Public Participation Act, introduced last week by Attorney-General John Gerretsen, would make Ontario the second Canadian province with legislation to deter corporations and others with deep pockets from draining their critics’ resources by filing meritless legal claims. Quebec has had a similar law since 2009.
#FollowFriday: Canadian Journalists Who Have Been Detained
By: Nouran Sedaghat
#FollowFriday is an opportunity for CJFE to showcase Canadian individuals and groups doing important work in the field of free expression.
Guest blog: Freedom of the Press
Originally published in The Occasional Blogger
By Peter Power
From Canada's Constitution Act of 1982 the Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society.
2013 Annual General Meeting and “Canadian Science in Crisis”
TORONTO, June 7, 2013 - Yesterday, members of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) filled the NOW Lounge in Toronto for CJFE’s Annual General Meeting (AGM).
At the meeting, presided over by CJFE President Arnold Amber, the organization welcomed new Board member Nadine Touma, an experienced trilingual Montreal criminal lawyer with Poupart, Dadour, Touma & Associates. As an active member of CJFE’s Canadian Issues Committee, she has been instrumental in providing insight on freedom expression issues in Quebec and brings to the Board her expertise in criminal law.
#FollowFriday: Science in the News
By Alexandra Zakreski
#FollowFriday is an opportunity for CJFE to showcase Canadian individuals and groups doing important work in the field of free expression.
In light of last night’s discussion, “Canadian Science in Crisis: Research, Responsibility and the Right to Speak,” we would like to highlight the event's key participants: Dr. Gordon McBean and Anna Maria Tremonti.
Dr. Gordon McBean
Science in peril: Threats to free expression are threats to free science
By Sara Jaffri
Last night CJFE hosted Canadian Science in Crisis: Research, Responsibility and the Right to Speak, featuring acclaimed climate scientist Dr. Gordon McBean. Conducted as an interview by Anna Maria Tremonti, a member of the CJFE Board and co-host of CBC Radio’s The Current, the discussion highlighted a number of challenges the scientific community faces in speaking to the media and openly participating in shaping public policy and discourse.
