The Unfulfilled Promise of Press Freedom in Canada

Lisa Taylor, a former lawyer, is a faculty member in the School of Journalism at Ryerson University. She spent more than a decade as a CBC Radio & Television journalist where her work was recognized by the Gemini Awards, the Atlantic Journalism Awards, and the B’nai Brith Media Human Rights Awards. Cara-Marie O’Hagan is the director of policy for the office of the Ontario Minister of Finance. She is formerly the director of the Ryerson Law Research Centre.

Introduction: Press Freedom in Canada
Lisa Taylor

Part I: Press Freedom and Internal Pressures

Chapter 1: The Real Danger to Press Freedom
Tony Burman

Chapter 2: Exploring How Emerging Digital Business Models and Journalistic Innovation May Influence Freedom of the Press
Leigh Felesky

Chapter 3: Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation and Freedom of the Press in Canada
Normand Landry

Chapter 4: Process Journalism and Responsible Communication: Establishing Real-Time Reporting Practices that Defend Against Defamation
Tim Currie

Chapter 5: Freedom of Expression, Entertainment, Hate Speech, and Defamation: Where Do We Draw the Line?
Anne-Marie Gingras

Part II: Press Freedom and Court Processes

Chapter 6: Free Expression at Thirty – The Search for Respect
Daniel Henry

Chapter 7: Has Dagenais-Mentuck Seen Its High-Water Mark?
Ryder Gilliland

Chapter 8: How the Criminal Code "Protects" Sexual Assault Complainants from Themselves and Constrains Their Participation in the News Media
Lisa Taylor

Chapter 9: Must News Reporters Be Guerilla Lawyers to Protect Their Rights? Covering the Canadian Justice System in Small Communities
Robert Koopmans

Part III: Press Freedom and Institutional Secrecy

Chapter 10: Freedom of Information: How Accountability to the Public Is Denied
Fred Vallance-Jones

Chapter 11: Municipal Access to Information, Delays, and Denials: An Insider’s View
Suzanne Craig

Chapter 12: Unfettered Social Media versus Government Censorship: Mona Eltahawy’s Twitter Escape as a Test Case for Press Freedom
Gavin Adamson

Chapter 13: Media Whining or Democratic Crisis? How Institutional Secrecy Is Contextualized in National Newspapers
Bruce Gillespie

Part IV: Press Freedom and the Charter

Chapter 14: Section 2(b)’s Other Fundamental Freedom: The Press Guarantee, 1982–2012
Jamie Cameron

Chapter 15: The View from Down Under: Freedom of the Press in Canada
James Allan

Conclusion: Use It or Lose It: Do Canadians Deserve Press Freedom?
Ivor Shapiro

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