Last Friday Tom Schreiter wrote on the recent Supreme Court decision R v. Bryan with a decided focus on the evidentiary issues raised by the case. The case however warrants further examination due to the nexus of 2(b) of our Charter and the Canada Elections Act with which the case deals. The dissent delivered by [...]

Yesterday the Supreme Court of Canada handed down its decision in R. v. Bryan, a case dealing with the right to publish federal election results on election night. The stakes were pretty low for both sides: the accused was convicted at trial for violating a provision of the Canada Elections Act and was fined $1000. [...]