John Miller, a journalism professor at Ryerson University, posted a series of open letters on the Maclean’s controversy. His most recent one, Open letter to Steyn, documents plagiarism and gross errors of fact. See also…
Available online at The Star Phoenix Consequences of public speech real Kashif Ahmed, Special to the StarPhoenix Friday, November 14, 2008 The recent decision by the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal to dismiss a complaint…
Canadian journalists may just breathe a little easier now. A November 2007 major ruling of the Ontario Court of Appeal broke new ground in the area of defamation law when it comes to the news…
We are fairly confident that many of our readers are well aware that the CIC v. Maclean’s case has been officially closed (at least at this point in time; an appeal is still a legal…
With the recent decision of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal in the popularly known Maclean’s Magazine case looming in the midst, and with its final pronouncement sure to rehash frenzied and vociferous chatter over…
It’s one of the few times when a title like that won’t be a legal case. Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, took on television journalist Mike Duffy. Duffy suggests that May can say…
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) have released a report on the top twelve hate-mongers in the American media. Given the substantial American media content in Canada, there is direct relevance to civil rights here…
Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa law commented today on the new policies by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) regarding individual internet registrants. He had previously come out in support of their position,…
