BPC FoEC: Supreme Court of Canada Creates New Libel Defence
The Supreme Court of Canada has established a new defence against libel: "public interest responsible journalism."
The CanWest News Service reports:
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2370515Kirk Makin of
The Globe and Mail reports:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/supreme-court-hands-victory-to-media/article1408613/Tonda MacCharles of the
Toronto Star reports:
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/741834--supreme-court-backs-press-in-major-libel-ruling?bn=1Because of the ruling, two newspapers in Ontario will get new libel trials.
The CBC reports:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2009/12/22/supreme-court-libel-responsible-journalism-citizen-star.htmlIn the
National Post, Janice Tibbetts reports:
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=2368056
To Kill a Mockingbird
Since October 5, when the story broke, several journalists have filed news stories about the latest parent challenge to Harper Lee's
To Kill a Mockingbird in public schools in Toronto.
In the
Toronto Star, Kristin Rushowy reports:
www.parentcentral.caIn the
National Post, Natalie Alcoba reports:
www.nationalpost.comIn the
Toronto Sun, Don Peat files a second, shorter report:
www.torontosun.com