Daily Archives: July 23, 2015

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National Press Council set to launch in September

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Sourec: j-source.ca By Chantal Braganza, Associate Editor During his interview for the job of executive director of the Ontario Press Council in mid-2010, Don McCurdy suggested something seemingly counterintuitive: dissolve the then-38-year-old organization in favour of creating a national one, which its provincial counterparts across the country might also join.  “My idea was to move forward under one group, one set …

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Two rights groups launch Charter challenge of Bill C-51

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Source:theglobeandmail Canada’s new terrorism law is being challenged in court by a journalists’ group and a civil rights organization that call it an attack on constitutional freedoms and an “extraordinary inversion” of the role of judges. The Anti-Terrorism Act, which took effect last month, makes it a crime to promote or advocate terrorism. It also gives Canada’s civilian spy agency, …

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