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Tuesday, 07 October 2014 14:10
Balancing Privacy and the Freedom of Expression: Quebec Court of Appeal OKs Pornographic CaricatureWritten by Teresa Scassa
The Quebec Court of Appeal has released its decision in Trudeau c. AD4 Distribution Canada inc., a case that balances the freedom of expression with the protection of privacy and dignity. This is an increasingly important theme in privacy case law in Canada; it was at the heart of a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision, albeit in a different context. In Trudeau, the appellant, Stéfanie Trudeau had launched a law suit against the defendant…
Friday, 26 September 2014 10:20
All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses a StatuteWritten by Teresa Scassa
A year ago in November, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) on the basis that it violated freedom of expression guaranteed by s. 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom. It did so by not appropriately striking the balance between the rights of striking works to express themselves in the context of a labour dispute and the privacy rights of others. In Information and Privacy Commissioner…
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