https://legal.excellentwiki.com/ca/media-law/Recent content in Media Law on ExcellentWiki - Legal EncyclopediaHugoen-USTue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://legal.excellentwiki.com/ca/media-law/canada-media-law/Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://legal.excellentwiki.com/ca/media-law/canada-media-law/<h2 id="constitutional-protection-of-press-freedom">Constitutional Protection of Press Freedom</h2> <p>Section 2(b) of the <strong>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms</strong> guarantees <strong>freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression</strong>, including <strong>freedom of the press and other media of communication</strong>. The inclusion of press freedom as an explicitly enumerated component of s. 2(b) distinguishes the Canadian Charter from the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which protects freedom of the press implicitly through the freedom of speech clause. The Supreme Court of Canada has held that freedom of expression serves four fundamental values: (1) the pursuit of truth; (2) participation in democratic self-governance; (3) individual self-fulfilment and autonomy; and (4) the flourishing of a pluralistic society (<em>R. v. Keegstra</em>, [1990] 3 SCR 697; <em>Irwin Toy Ltd. v. Quebec (Attorney General)</em>, [1989] 1 SCR 927).</p>