Episode Description
In Episode 120, we explain our concerns with Manitoba's expropriation of a long-term care home, discuss a lawsuit alleging the RCMP violated the free expression of a journalist documenting a pipeline controversy, and we introduce our new Counsel, Alexander Surgenor.
Stories and cases discussed in this week's episode:
- Manitoba government plans to expropriate Lemay Forest, turn it into provincial park (CTV Winnipeg)
- Media harder to identify, RCMP official tells court in press freedom lawsuit (CBC News)
- CCF Expanding as Canada’s Leading Civil Liberties Charity – Announcing New Counsel (TheCCF.ca)
- NDP government uses health system expropriation powers for first time, seizes care home (CTV Winnipeg)
- Press freedom trial in B.C. Supreme Court could have broad implications for journalists in Canada (APTN)
- RCMP official says journalists were let into pipeline protest camp unless their story 'beggared belief' (CBC News)
- Josh Dehaas: Carney asks Parliament to give him the power of a king (National Post)
Not Reserving Judgment is a podcast about Canadian constitutional law hosted by Josh Dehaas, Joanna Baron, and Christine Van Geyn.
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