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There’s been a ceasefire in the “legal Twitter war” between Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson and three people who sued him for blocking them from his Twitter account.  The three plaintiffs argued that in blocking them, Mayor Watson was violating their constitutional right to free expression.  

To be a world-class digital city, Toronto must make the public library — not Google — its core institution of trust. By Milan Gokhale - November 20, 2018

Nov. 19, 2018 — Ambulance New Brunswick is the 2018 recipient of the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy in the provincial category.

What is and what isn’t censorship? It’s hard for me to believe this discussion is even necessary at this particular moment in history. 

OTTAWA /  — The federal department of finance, headed by minister Bill Morneau, is the 2018 recipient of the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy in the federal category.

The Centre for Free Expression is pleased to announce that Renu Mandhane, Chief Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission is joining the CFE advisory board. Prior to her appointment as chief commissioner in October 2015, Ms. Mandhane was Executive Director of the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. She has an LL.M in international human rights law from New York University. She is a member of the Canada Committee of Human Rights Watch.