Canada

In Canada, CJFE monitors, defends and promotes free expression and access to information.

We encourage and support individuals and groups to be vigilant in the protection of their own and others’ free expression rights. Along with other free speech groups and media outlets, we also intervene in court cases to create better laws protecting expression. 

Current campaigns and issues in Canada

Bill C-51
Snowden Archive
CJFE Review of Free Expression
Free Expression News
Access to Information
Privacy and Surveillance
Censorship
Protection of Sources and Whistleblowers
Free Expression and the Law

Canadian News


The 'Right to be Forgotten' poses unacceptable risks to freedom of expression

Apr 20, 2018
The Privacy Commissioner's proposal for a 'Right to be Forgotten' poses a direct danger to press freedom and freedom of expression in Canada Read more

Press freedom coalition granted leave to intervene before the Supreme Court in VICE News vs. RCMP appeal

Apr 17, 2018
The order to Makuch intrudes upon the protected zone of privacy journalists and media organizations must enjoy in order to effectively gather and report the news – including records of communications between those journalists and sources who are not confidential. Read more

Quebec Superior Court decision will force journalist to reveal source

Mar 23, 2018
Quebec Superior Court decision will force Radio-Canada's Marie-Maude Denis, an investigative journalist, to reveal her source in a story on alleged collusion in the awarding of public contracts. Read more

Right to free speech inspires journalist Kim Bolan despite death threats

Mar 19, 2018
Kim Bolan received the 2017 Tara Singh Hayer Press Freedom Award from CJFE for her dedication to freedom of the press in the face of great personal risk and potential physical reprisal. Read more

CJFE intervenes in Toronto Star case to promote transparency in administrative tribunals

Mar 08, 2018
CJFE is intervening in a court case that could end secrecy in Ontario’s tribunals. On February 6, 2017, the Toronto Star filed a challenge under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms seeking to combat the lack of transparency that presently surrounds provincial administrative and quasi-judicial tribunals. Read more

Public interest advocates welcome B.C. Attorney General’s commitment to anti-SLAPP law

Mar 06, 2018
CJFE joins 44 leading organizations and public interest advocates from a broad range of sectors in welcoming the BC Attorney General’s commitment to enact legislation to protect British Columbians from strategic lawsuits against public participation, or SLAPP suits. Read more

CJFE and RSF Welcome Chamberland Commission Recommendations

Dec 21, 2017
The public inquiry into police spying on journalists in Quebec has released its report, offering recommendations to better protect journalistic sources. CJFE and RSF call on the Quebec government to quickly implement the changes. Read more

CJFE condemns the seizure of St. Catharines Standard reporter's notes and laptop

Dec 08, 2017
CJFE is deeply concerned by an incident in the Niagara Regional Council meeting in which city clerk Frank Fabiano seized notes and a computer belonging to St. Catharines Standard reporter Bill Sawchuk, allegedly on the orders of Chief Administrative Officer Carmen D'Angelo. Read more

CJFE to Honour Elena Milashena, Robyn Doolittle and Kim Bolan for Courageous Reporting

Nov 20, 2017
On November 30, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) will honour three extraordinary women for their courage in reporting at the 2017 CJFE Gala in Toronto. Elena Milashina of Russia will be given the International Press Freedom Award, The Globe and Mail’s Robyn Doolittle will be awarded the Arnold Amber Award for Investigative Journalism, and Kim Bolan of the Vancouver Sun will be honoured with the Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award. Read more

Dear McGill student union: Campus free speech includes campus press

Nov 15, 2017
The actions of the McGill student union threaten the existence of campus press. Those looking to uphold free expression on Canadian campuses ought to turn their attention to the status of student newspapers—and the importance of maintaining and protecting them.  Read more

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