Category / Law and ethics

Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and Canadian Civil Liberties Association plan to launch a charter challenge against sections of Bill C-51.

Restrictive photography contracts for entertainment events such as concerts aren’t new to photo desks, though in recent years they have started to veer into the extreme.

The public’s access to government information in Canada will only improve if existing legislation is reworked completely, says Suzanne Legault.

What makes investigative journalism enticing is also what makes it legally dangerous to produce—particularly for freelance journalists without libel protection.

Green politician “thrilled” by ruling.

How the Grant v. Torstar ruling informs editors’ decisions to publish.

It took six years and three court decisions. But earlier this year, Patrick Cain received information from the provincial government about where registered sex offenders live.

The victim’s name evoked a country-wide push to improve police response to sexual assault. But the media couldn’t report her name because of a publication ban.

Chief Justice Joseph Kennedy of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court allowed reporters use Twitter during a sexual assault trial and says he “couldn’t get over how well it had worked.”

With a provincial election underway in Ontario and 4 federal by-elections slated for the end of June the timing of the announcement by Canada’s national broadcasters that they will not allow unauthorized…