Friday January 24, 2003
CHRETIEN GOVERNMENT FIGHTS GAG LAW DECISION
Very determined to restrict citizen influence in elections
Ottawa, January 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Globe and Mail reports today that the federal Liberals are at it again, and are appealing a December judgment in the Alberta Court of Appeal that upheld a lower court's quashing of the most recent gag law.
For years, the federal government has been attempting to limit election influence to registered political parties only and to severely limit third party groups or individuals from conducting information and candidate position campaigns during elections.
One 'gag law' after another has been trotted out only to be defeated each time in the courts as being an unreasonable restriction on the rights of citizens to express their views during elections. The National Citizens Coalition (NCC) has been the main legal defender of citizens rights against the federal government's suppression attempts.
"We had hoped the government would finally get the point that gag laws are wrong, that they deny free speech," says NCC vice president Gerry Nicholls. "But it seems the Liberals are determined to gag Canadians during elections."
See today's Globe article:
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/front/RTGAM/20030124/wboud0124_2/Front/homeBN/breakingnews
See NCC response: http://www.morefreedom.org/new_page_87.htm
NCC history of gag laws: http://www.morefreedom.org/new_page_1.htm
See LifeSite
GAG LAW PLACED ON HOLD DURING ELECTION
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2000/oct/00102407.html
INTERIM ARTICLE
http://www.lifesite.net/interim/2000/july/17ncc.html
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