COMM 2501 Lecture : Class 12.docx
Document Summary
Class 12- laws protecting the state, the public order and democratic institutions: an overview of the laws. Security of information act (formerly the official secrets act) Protects military and state secrets; government information; Provides for in-camera trials: access to information act. Protects certain areas of government business from public scrutiny: an overview of the laws. Provides for the creation of temporary executive powers during local, national or international emergencies: criminal libels. Consent of province(s) required: public order emergency. Consultation of practical: criminal libels, defamatory libel. Protects personal reputation and the public order. Ss 297-317 similar to civil libel but must include an element of a wrong against society. Protects the security of the state and public order. Advocacy of overthrow of the established order through unconstitutional means: criminal libels, blasphemous libel. No definition: jury decides what is a blasphemy. In canada, protects christianity: criminal libels, obscene libel.