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Canadian defamation law refers to defamation law as it stands in both common law and civil law jurisdictions in Canada. As with most Commonwealth jurisdictions, Canada follows English law on defamation issues (except in the province of Quebec where private law is derived from French civil law).
defamation; Charter interpretation RJR-MacDonald Inc v Canada (AG) [1995] 3 SCR 199 September 21, 1995 tobacco, freedom of speech. Husky Oil Operations Ltd v Canada (Minister of Natural Resources) [1995] 3 SCR 453 October 19, 2005 applicability, paramountcy Chan v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) [1995] 3 SCR 593 October 19, 1995
Mugesera v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) [2005] 2 S.C.R. 100, 2005 SCC 40 June 28, 2005 Crimes against humanity; removal; judicial review R v Marshall; R v Bernard [2005] 2 S.C.R. 220 , 2005 SCC 43 July 20, 2005 Aboriginal logging rights Provincial Court Judges' Assn of New Brunswick v New Brunswick (Minister of Justice)
Freedom of expression in Canada is protected as a "fundamental freedom" by section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; however, in practice the Charter permits the government to enforce "reasonable" limits censoring speech. Hate speech, obscenity, and defamation are common categories of restricted speech in Canada.
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Despite indications on the gravity of speech offenses that should be prohibited by law under Article 20, there remains complexity. [28] In particular there is a grey area in conceptualizing clear distinctions between (i) expressions of hatred, (ii) expression that advocate hatred, and (iii) hateful speech that specifically constitutes ...
Antisemitism in Canada is the manifestation of hatred, hostility, harm, prejudice or discrimination against the Canadian Jewish people or Judaism as a religious, ethnic or racial group. Some of the first Jewish settlers in Canada arrived in Montreal in the 1760s, among them was Aaron Hart who is considered the father of Canadian Jewry. [1]