Freedom of Expression

Canadian municipalities oversee the country’s most urgent policy areas, yet the constitutional authority of cities to manage their increasing obligations has not kept pace. This volume considers how policy, law, …

majority judgment stressed that precluding freedom of expression is a high bar that would only be met in …

vagueness and overbreadth of the new provision, which clearly infringes our Charter-protected freedom of expression. [...] The widespread industry concern is specifically around the new prong – the new section …

clearly infringes our Charter-protected freedom of expression. The widespread industry concern is specifically … provision obviously infringes on the Charter’s freedom of expression. The determinative question for the provision’s …

We learned this in the OPCC response to our complaint dated April 29, 2024, in which we were informed that the photograph we provided of VPD member #3390 wearing an …

This is necessary to protect the public’s freedom of expression and physical safety pending the completion …

court in Grande Prairie also addressed the issue of inaccuracy in the context of limiting freedom of expression, stating: One relevant factor in the Doré analysis would be whether the advertisement is inaccurate …

that their section 2(b) Charter right to freedom of expression was infringed when the city removed three … accuracy against the applicant’s rights to freedom of expression”.20 However, the court expressed sympathy … to warrant a limitation on the right to freedom of expression.28 This decision was later referenced in … sufficient importance to warrant a limit to the freedom of expression of the ad-proposing group. In Grande Prairie … municipal objective, particularly to regulate freedom of expression in the context of public messaging. Protecting …

religion and complements the right to freedom of opinion, which sits alongside the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of information in article 19. [...] In a rare example of jurisprudence touching …

to understand the bounds of privacy and freedom of expression. This false dichotomy has arisen, in part … thought and opinion are premised on both freedom of expression and freedom of information to allow for … connected to the corresponding right to freedom of expression and opinion, which provides the social backdrop … opinion, which sits alongside the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of information in article 19 … can provide a helpful cloak to protect freedom of expression for vulnerable groups, which supports diversity …

of law, and can become one part of a city’s defence in a Section 1 Charter challenge over freedom of expression.38 (Section 1 of the Charter allows fundamental rights to be justifiably limited to protect … advertiser’s freedom of expression.58 This case emphasizes the critical importance for cities to balance use of the Code with other considerations, including the advertiser’s freedom of expression and the city’s …

directed to children was a justified limit on freedom of expression under Section 1 of the Charter of Rights … To help ensure “minimal impairment” of freedom of expression, a bylaw could be passed requiring the flyers … outright under the Charter because of the freedom of expression guarantee in Section 2(b). The federal government … governments must show that their limits on freedom of expression meet the Oakes test23 and/or the Doré/Loyola … and here.) As written, Bill 259 limited freedom of expression in only a narrow way, since the CCBR group …

by the Whitehorse City Council, is of the opinion that this policy violates the right to freedom of expression guaranteed under section 2(b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and will chill members … on the freedom of expression and ought to be excised from the Policy entirely. [...] As the Supreme Court recently reiterated, the purpose of the constitutional protection of freedom of expression is to …

that this policy violates the right to freedom of expression guaranteed under section 2(b) of the Charter … PARTICIPANT’S ATTIRE is an unjustified limit on the freedom of expression and ought to be excised from the Policy … cannot possibly be a justified limit on freedom of expression. Members of the public have long worn buttons … purpose of the constitutional protection of freedom of expression is to protect expressions – however unpopular … ground a justification for infringing on freedom of expression.”3 Ban on signs in Council venues The Policy’s …

pay of firefighter Josh Montgomery for exercising his constitutionally-protected right to freedom of expression in his July 17 letter to Premier David Eby.1 Montgomery’s letter raised good-faith concerns … the Victoria Fire Department are legally required to balance that duty with the right to freedom of expression protected under section 2(b) of the Charter. [...] Chief Justice Dickson said that our democratic …

his constitutionally-protected right to freedom of expression in his July 17 letter to Premier David Eby … to balance that duty with the right to freedom of expression protected under section 2(b) of the Charter … letter was an appropriate exercise of his freedom of expression and that suspending him without pay was …

Charter values have distinct and recognized functions at law, depending on the context in which they are engaged: in the development of the common law, the interpretation of statutes, the …

be the impact of the Charter rights to freedom of expression and assembly under sections 2(b) and 2(c) … because such bans infringe the right to freedom of expression protected by s. 2(b) of the Charter. The … principles of the Charter”, particularly freedom of expression. The new formulation required that publication … constitutionalized under the right to freedom of expression, and that the applicable analysis was developed … the Supreme Court of Canada because of freedom of expression is secondary picketing. The common law of …

repetitiveness, and duration of repetitiveness and duration the offence of the violation • The sensitivity of the personal • The sensitivity of the personal information involved information involved • Whether …

the public’s right to information and the freedom of expression of the publisher or creator of content, … the public’s right to information and the freedom of expression of the publisher or content creator. • The …