Archive
4 Jun

Liveblogging the human rights case against Maclean’s

The case of Mohamed Elmasry vs. Mark Steyn/Maclean’s is before the  B.C. Human Rights Tribunal this week.  Andrew Coyne, national editor at Maclean’s and Alberta-based conservative activist Ezra Levant have […]

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2 Jun

CAJ intervenes in BC human rights hearings

The CAJ has won intervenor status at the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal hearings on a complaint of religious and racial discrimination against Maclean’s magazine. The CAJ is intervening in defence […]

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2 Jun

Maclean’s human rights case not over

While the complaints against Maclean’s were dismissed in Ontario in April, the BC human rights commission will hear the case this week. The CAJ — who stepped in the first time around calling for amendments […]

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2 Jun

Whos to say what you can say?

The unfolding spat between Mark Steyn and Maclean‘s magazine and the Canadian Islamic Congress is symptomatic of a profound debate brewing in Canada. Two groups, both representing core democratic ideals, […]

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2 Jun

Offensive journalism fuels Facebook advocacy

When you’re shocked and appalled by what you read in the papers, you have a number of recourses. File a human rights complaint or a law suit. Write a letter […]

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2 Jun

International perspectives on offensive journalism

What offends you? The dead body of an Iraqi child? The irreverent use of a religious symbol? The boiling down of modern geopolitics into a simple formula of ‘us’ versus […]

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19 May

Afghanistan and freedom of expression

With Canadian soldiers dying in Afghanistan, with Canadian money funding projects, what obligations does Canada — and do Canadian journalists — have to prevent abuse of authority by the government […]

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12 May

Legal aspects of free expression

For more links and issues related to the legal aspects of free expression, visit the “Freedom of the press” section in Law.

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5 May

World Press Freedom Day

May 3 was World Press Freedom Day, although there doesn’t appear to be much reason to celebrate. Deb Jones in Town Hall links to reactions from Reporters Without Borders, the […]

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2 May

Canada oasis of press rights in hostile world: Kothawala

Anne Kothawala, President and CEO of the Canadian Newspaper Association, has some thoughts about freedom of expression in Canada and the world, published in the Globe and Mail to mark […]

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