Ontario Superior Court Strikes Down Election Law Restricting Free Speech

Ontario Superior Court Strikes Down Election Law Restricting Free Speech
A courthouse of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto on Jan. 29, 2020. The Canadian Press/Colin Perkel
Isaac Teo
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An Ontario judge has declared as unconstitutional a section of Canada’s election law designed to prohibit certain kinds of “false statements” during the period of a federal election. 
Ontario Superior Court Justice Breese Davies released a decision on Feb. 19 declaring Section 91(1) of the Canada Elections Act (CEA) as an unjustifiable infringement on the free-speech rights of Canadians.