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Osgoode Hall Law School of York University

1997

Freedom of speech

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The Past, Present, And Future Of Expressive Freedom Under The Charter, Jamie Cameron Jan 1997

The Past, Present, And Future Of Expressive Freedom Under The Charter, Jamie Cameron

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

More than ten years have passed since the Supreme Court of Canada's first interpretation of the Charter's guarantee of expressive freedom in RWDSU v. Dolphin Delivery. This review of the past, present, and future of expressive freedom under the Charter is in three parts. The first-dealing with the past-traces the evolution of a methodology of expressive freedom in the "first generation" of s. 2(b) jurisprudence. It is followed by an examination of the status of expressive freedom at present, through comments on recent Supreme Court landmarks in Dagenais v. Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, and …