Help the CCF find Canada’s worst censorship bylaw
Canada has a municipal censorship problem.
Across the country, cities and towns are overstepping their authority and trampling Canadians’ constitutional freedoms – often acting as if the Charter doesn’t apply to them at all. From restricting expression on private property to “civility” rules used to silence critics and elected officials, local governments are increasingly policing expression they have no right to control.
Last year, the CCF gave out our first ever Municipal Muzzle Award for Canada’s most censorious bylaw to the City of Calgary, for its “Safe and Inclusive Access Bylaw” forbidding “specified protests” within 100 metre bubble zones around libraries and recreation facilities. But there are plenty more bad bylaws where that came from.
Help us hold local governments to account.
Some municipalities just can’t resist acting like speech police, so the CCF is once again handing out an award no city wants to win: The Municipal Muzzle Award. If your city or town council has passed a rule that silences lawful expression, restricts protest, or punishes unpopular views, we want to hear about it. Submit the bylaw below through our online form and help us shine a light on local censorship.
We will be accepting entries until March 1, 2026, with the winner announced in the spring of 2026.
Thank you for standing with us against the petty authoritarianism spreading across the country. Your submission will help shame bad laws into the open – and uncover the next censorship cases that deserve to be fought.
Submit a bylaw
Do you know of a bad bylaw in your community, or a community nearby, that is censoring Canadians?
Tell us here.
By submitting a bylaw, you will also be automatically added to our email newsletter list which you may opt out of at any time. Subscribing to our newsletter is one of the best ways to stay up to date on this project. Thank you again for helping us fight back against some of the petty authoritarianism we’re seeing from municipal governments across the country.
© – Canadian Constitution Foundation – 2025
