Canada - Supreme court ruling threatens confidentiality of sources

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is disappointed and disturbed by a Canadian supreme court decision ordering the Toronto-based National Post newspaper to surrender documents pointing to a conflict of interest in a loan that a state-owned bank gave to a friend of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. The ruling, issued on 7 May, jeopardises the protection of sources, a fundamental principle without which investigative journalism could not exist, the press freedom organisation said. The supreme (...)

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