Noteworthy authors named in the following articles include Timothy Findley, Amanda Gorman, Margaret Laurence, Harper Lee, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, John Steinbeck and many other older, classic authors.
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, a member of the Bloc Québécois, recently introduced a bill in the House of Commons.
Bill C-373 proposes to eliminate religious arguments expressed in good faith as a defence in court against charges of wilfully promoting hatred or anti-Semitism.
In February 2024, during Canada’s annual Freedom to Read Week, Canadian journalists resumed writing about attempted book bans in public libraries and public school libraries. A few Canadian journalists continued writing about attempted bans in March. Noteworthy reportage and commentary appear below.
In Prince Edward Island, the legal dispute between a real estate developer and an environmental organization continues to fuel calls for the provincial legislature to enact an anti-SLAPP law.*
In Parliament, the Liberal government of Canada has introduced the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63).
Arif Virani, the minister of justice, introduced the bill in the House of Commons on February 26, 2024.
