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Access to information 2020 FC 1146

Criminal Trial Lawyers’ Association v. Canada (Justice)

The Federal Court held that the Justice Department did not reasonably exercise its discretion under s. 14 of the Access to Information Act and sent the matter back for redetermination.

  • Section 14 access to information act
  • Federal-provincial consultations
  • Atip process
  • Severability of records
  • Public interest balancing
  • Section 2(b) charter
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Constitutional law 2018 SCC 53

R. v. Vice Media Canada Inc.

The Supreme Court upheld an ex parte production order requiring Vice Media to disclose journalist-source message screenshots in a terrorism investigation.

  • Production orders
  • Search warrants
  • Freedom of the press
  • Section 2(b) charter
  • Section 8 charter
  • Standard of review
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Constitutional law 2014 BCSC 660

BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association v. British Columbia (Attorney General)

The court held that British Columbia’s third-party election advertising registration rule infringed s. 2(b) but was justified under s. 1 and remained valid.

  • Registration requirement
  • Third-party election advertising
  • Section 2(b) charter
  • Section 1 justification
  • Minimal impairment
  • Transparency and disclosure
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Constitutional law 2011 SCC 2

Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Canada (Attorney General)

La Cour suprême confirme des règles limitant la captation d’images et la diffusion d’enregistrements dans les palais de justice, malgré l’atteinte à la liberté d’expression.

  • Freedom of the press
  • Section 2(b) charter
  • Open court principle
  • Oakes proportionality test
  • Prescribed by law
  • Access to courthouses
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Constitutional law 2010 NSPC 52

R. v. Mader's Tobacco Store Ltd.

The display and the storage (as regulated) of tobacco products in a retail store constitute expressive activity protected by s.2(b) of the Charter because they convey or attempt to convey meaning about products and brands; s.9AA(1) and s.9AA(2) of the Tobacco Access Act and s.3A of the Regulations have the purpose and effect of restricting that expression and therefore infringe s.2(b); the defendants established infringement on the balance of probabilities.

  • Section 2(b) charter
  • Display and storage regulations
  • Tobacco regulation
  • Expressive activity
  • Purpose and effect analysis
  • Constitutional validity under s.52
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Constitutional law 2009 BCCA 148

Adbusters Media Foundation v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Court of Appeal held it was not plain and obvious the Charter claim must fail, set aside the strike-out order, and remitted joinder issues to the trial court.

  • Freedom of expression
  • Section 2(b) charter
  • State action doctrine
  • Implementation of government policy
  • Rule 19(24) striking pleadings
  • Joinder (rule 15(5)(a))
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Constitutional law 2005 BCCA 94

Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Commissioner of Customs and Revenue and Minister of National Revenue

La Corte de Apelación de Columbia Británica anuló una orden de costas avanzadas a favor de Little Sisters por aplicar erróneamente el criterio de Okanagan Indian Band.

  • Advanced costs
  • Obscenity classification
  • Section 2(b) charter
  • Section 15(1) charter
  • Section 163(8) criminal code
  • Customs act provisions
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Constitutional law 2002 BCSC 1774

Collins v. Abrams

The court dismissed the judicial review as moot after Doug Collins’s death, holding that Betty Collins could not continue his personal Charter challenge and no exception applied.

  • Mootness
  • Standing
  • Public interest standing
  • Section 7(1)(b) human rights code
  • Section 2(b) charter
  • Section 1 charter
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Criminal law 2000 BCSC 1162

HMTQ v. Cho et al

La Cour autorise seulement un enregistrement limité des plaidoiries finales et des directives du juge, mais refuse de filmer les accusés et les témoins de la défense.

  • Courtroom filming
  • Open court principle
  • Section 2(b) charter
  • Publication bans
  • Fair trial concerns
  • Judicial discretion
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Constitutional law [1991] 3 SCR 421

Canadian Broadcasting Corp. v. Lessard

The Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeal in a media-search warrant case, holding the warrant was valid in the circumstances despite no affidavit disclosure of alternative sources.

  • Freedom of the press
  • Search warrants
  • Search and seizure
  • Affidavit requirements
  • Alternative sources
  • Section 487 criminal code
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