CITY OF TORONTO vs ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO Freedom of expression — 2021 SCMR 2019 SUPREME-COURT-OF-CANADA

Case information

Citation: 2021 SCMR 2019 SUPREME-COURT-OF-CANADA
Court: Supreme Court of Pakistan
Year: 2021
Reporter: SCMR
Parties: CITY OF TORONTO vs ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO Freedom of expression

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Judgment text as reported

CITY OF TORONTO VS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ONTARIO Freedom of expression---Scope---Electoral fairness and meaningful political discourse---When a democratic election took place, freedom of expression protected the rights of candidates and voters to meaningfully express their views and engage in reciprocal political discourse on the path to voting day; that was at the core of political expression---Right to disseminate and receive information connected with elections was recognized as integral to the democratic principles underlying freedom of expression, and as a result, attracted robust protection---Stable election period was crucial to electoral fairness and meaningful political discourse---As such, state interference with individual and collective political expression in the context of an election struck at the heart of the democratic values that freedom of expression sought to protect, including participation in social and political decision-making.

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