Freedom of expression

Case	Description	Year	Facta
Watson v. R; Spratt v. R	At issue is the Abortion Services Act requirement that there be no protesting within a certain area surrounding abortion clinics...	2006
Kane et al. v. Alberta Report et al.	The Alberta Human Rights Panel followed the principles earlier enunciated by Alberta Queen's Bench Justice John Rooke in this case that involved an article published in Alberta Report magazine that contained anti-Semitic content...	2001
Little Sisters Book & Art Emporium et al. v Minister of Justice et al.	Little Sisters v. Canada Customs involved a gay and lesbian bookstore in Vancouver which for over ten years had had most of its shipments stopped by Customs agents at the Canada-U.S. border...	2000
R. v. Lewis	At issue in this case is whether B.C.'s Access to Abortion Services Act infringes on an individual's freedom of religion, assembly and expression...	1996
Kane et al. v. Church of Jesus Christ Christian-Aryan Nations et al.	With the Congress of Black Women, LEAF intervened in a complaint regarding cross burnings and other racist actions which took place at a meeting sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ Christian Aryan Nations in Alberta...	1992
Butler v. Her Majesty the Queen	Butler, a Manitoba video store owner, was convicted under the Criminal Code obscenity law for distributing pornographic videos. He claimed his constitutional right to freedom of expression was violated...	1992
The Queen v. Keegstra; Andrews and Smith v. The Queen	James Keegstra was charged with the promotion of hatred under Section 281(2) of the Criminal Code for teaching high school students social theory based on hatred of Jews and Judaism. Keegstra argued that the Charter guaranteed his freedom of expression...	1990
Taylor v. Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Attorney General of Canada	In 1979, the Canada Human Rights Tribunal ruled that the telephone messages denigrating individuals of Jewish origin propagated by John Ross Taylor violated the Human Rights Code. Taylor argued that he was entitled to freedom of expression...	1990
Her Majesty the Queen v. Canadian Newspapers Company Limited	A woman, who was sexually assaulted by her husband, invoked her right to have a publication ban on the use of her name in criminal proceedings...	1988