Freedom of Expression & Its Limits

Centre for Free Expression

CFE Motion Record for Leave to Intervene – Supreme Court of Canada The issue in this appeal is whether Ontario Bill 307’s amendments to the Election Finances Act violate the informational element of a citizen’s right to vote under s. 3 of the Charter. Bill 307 re-enacted third-party spending limits that were declared invalid under s. 2(b) of the Charter, and invoked s. 33 to protect those spending limits from Charter review. The question in this appeal is whether limits on third party spending that are unconstitutional under s. 2(b) are also an unjustifiable violation of s. 3 which cannot be overriden by s. 33.

In September, the Federal Government called a public inquiry into allegations of foreign interference in Canadian elections.

In Parliament, the Liberal government of Canada has introduced the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63).