Bill C-461 has been sent to Standing Committee. Read a summary of why this Bill is problematic and how it threatens the journalistic integrity if CBC/Radio-Canada.
To coincide with World Press Freedom Day on May 3, CJFE is launching its annual Review of Free Expression in Canada. This year's Review highlights a serious issue in Canada: a cult of secrecy. The Review is available for download.
Read CJFE’s joint submission on Canada’s free expression record, submitted for Canada's second UPR. The country’s human rights record will be reviewed on Friday, April 26.
CJFE is concerned that Bill C-461 will jeopardize the journalistic independence and integrity of the CBC and could reveal the identity of confidential sources used by its reporters.
CJFE's annual Report Card of Free Expression in Canada provides an assessment of the key issues and institutions that have impacted the state of free expression in the country over the past year.
Chopra, Haydon and Lambert exemplify why whistleblowers should be lauded and protected. By sacrificing career and reputation to keep Canadian food safe, they’ve led the way in protecting the public good.
In CJFE’s Review on Free Expression 2010/2011, we wrote about the dramatic dump of more than 250,000 secret diplomatic cables by the whistleblower organization Wikileaks.
From protection for whistleblowers to the G20 Summit in Toronto, read CJFE's assessment of important free expression issues in Canada, and how some of our major institutions have performed.
Ahead of Canada’s May 2 federal election, CJFE encourages you to ask your local candidates about their stance on critical free expression issues. Each week CJFE will post questions which you can e-mail, call or write to your candidates. We’d love to know what they say, and what your thoughts are too.
