CANADA – Supreme Court decision upholds shield law protecting journalists’ confidential sources

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) applauds the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to set aside an order issued by a Quebec Superior Court that would have forced investigative journalist Marie-Maude Denis to reveal her confidential sources in a government corruption case. On September 27, Canada’s highest court reaffirmed that Radio-Canada reporter Marie-Maude Denis does not have to reveal her confidential sources, making this the first suc

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