Canadian Taxpayers Federation v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Federal Court dismissed an ATIA and Charter challenge over CBC’s redacted aggregate advertising expenditures, holding paragraph 18(b) applied and no section 2(b) breach was shown.
- Atia s.18(b) exemption
- Reasonable expectation of probable harm
- Burden of proof on institution
- Freedom of expression (charter s.2(b))
- Judicial review de novo
- Office of the information commissioner review