“The starting point, based on what legislators decided, is that sources are protected,” said media lawyer Christian Leblanc, who was representing Ms. Denis. “That is the choice that Canadian society has made.”
As part of his defence, Mr. Côté is arguing that his right to a fair trial was breached by a series of media stories about alleged links between political donations and government contracts under previous Liberal governments. Mr. Côté lost his bid to identify Ms. Denis’s sources at the Quebec Court, but won on appeal at the Quebec Superior Court. The matter is now in front of the Supreme Court, which will decide at a later date whether to uphold or quash the Superior Court ruling. The case marks the first time the JSPA is being debated in front of the country’s top court.
Conservative Senator Claude Carignan, who obtained all-party support for the law, said legislators made a conscious decision to give greater protection to journalistic sources.
globepolitics The noose is tightening on Canada's 'journalists'. Propaganda
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