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CCF Counsel Alexander Surgenor attends the town council meeting on May 5, 2026

CCF Victory: South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario reverses unconstitutional protest ban

Post published:May 5, 2026
Post category:Press Releases News

SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA – The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) welcomes the news that the Town of South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario has this morning repealed a bylaw that unconstitutionally banned picketing in public places without government authorization.The CCF highlighted this outrageous bylaw in its 2025 report, Canada’s Most Censorious Bylaws, where South…

SCC upholds Trudeau-era law that limits MPs freedom of speech

Post published:May 1, 2026
Post category:News Press Releases

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a Trudeau-era law that allows the Carney government to send certain sensitive information to a secret, executive-controlled committee, with the threat of jail time for Parliamentarians who speak about the matters sent to the committee.In Ryan Alford v Attorney General of Canada,…

Episode 131: Did ARRESTING Professor Widdowson violate the Charter? Plus, N.S. BANS naming kids who die in care.

Post published:April 29, 2026
Post category:News Podcast

Episode 131: Did ARRESTING Professor Widdowson violate the Charter? Plus, N.S. BANS naming kid who die in care. In Episode 131, we discuss whether the University of Lethbridge's banishment of Professor Frances Widdowson violated the right to freedom of expression, and we tell you about a Nova Scotia law that…

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