Freedom Of Speech

• Cybersecurity bill won’t be used to kick people off internet, minister says

  Industry Minister Melanie Joly responded to concerns that language in Bill C-8, which she said targets telecommunication service providers, would apply to online speech.

  Politics

  Jan 27
  
• AP sues Trump officials after access barred over Gulf of America policy

  AP reporters have been barred from attending press events at the White House and Mar-a-Lago, or flying on Air Force One, for not fully following Trump's renaming of the Gulf.

  U.S. News

  Feb 21, 2025
  
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• Danielle Smith promises to review Alberta’s professional regulators, legislate limits

  Driven by COVID-era grievances, members of Smith's United Conservative Party voted in 2023 to adopt policy aimed at protecting Albertans from censorship.

  Politics

  Oct 23, 2024
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• Universities must protect spaces for free discussion after triple stabbing: expert

  Universities Canada says post-secondary institutions are places for learning, respect and understanding, and it is critical to stand up against all forms of hatred and intolerance.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2023
• Hundreds of protesters drown out speaker Frances Widdowson at University of Lethbridge

  Controversial former Mount Royal University professor Frances Widdowson was getting set to speak at the University of Lethbridge, but protesters took over the space.

  Politics

  Feb 2, 2023
• Ex-B.C. journalist and democracy activist placed on Chinese ‘wanted’ list

  Victor Ho, the former editor of the Sing Tao Daily and a Hong Kong democracy activist, was recently placed on a "wanted list" by security officials in Hong Kong.

  World

  Aug 17, 2022
• Could Bill C-10 regulate your social media algorithm? Minister responsible won’t say

  The bill aims to modernize the Broadcasting Act — which saw its last major reform in 1991, before the internet was widely available.

  Canada

  May 14, 2021
• Feds asking Canadians to take ‘leap of faith’ that Bill C-10 won’t hurt free speech: experts

  The exact shape that these new regulations take would be up to the CRTC, not the government -- and they have yet to be determined.

  Canada

  May 13, 2021
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• Write Privilege — why don’t people understand the limits of freedom of speech?

  Angela Misri asks, Why do so many people conflate freedom of speech with the belief that their posts on the internet are somehow owned by them?

  Commentary

  Jan 31, 2021
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• Fact or Fiction: Does Trump’s social media ban threaten our freedom of expression?

  Some say the future of public conversation, especially where social media is concerned, is headed down a scary path to censorship.

  Politics

  Jan 21, 2021