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The Rising Demands for Censorship: Challenges Faced by Canadian Libraries in 2025 | Centre for Free Expression
The Rising Demands for Censorship: Challenges Faced by Canadian Libraries in 2025 | Centre for Free Expression
By James L. Turk
CFE joins 36 other civil society organizations in calling on the Carney Government to withdraw Bill C-9 (Combatting Hate Act) | Centre for Free Expression
CFE joins 36 other civil society organizations in calling on the Carney Government to withdraw Bill C-9 (Combatting Hate Act) | Centre for Free Expression
Today, the Centre for Free Expression (CFE) joined 36 other civil society organizations, in a letter calling on the federal government to withdraw Bill C-9 – The Combatting Hate Act.
CFE joins call for reform of Canada’s approach to digital policymaking | Centre for Free Expression
CFE joins call for reform of Canada’s approach to digital policymaking | Centre for Free Expression
Sault Ste. Marie Police Service recognized with national award for imposing a transparency tax on public records | Centre for Free Expression
Sault Ste. Marie Police Service recognized with national award for imposing a transparency tax on public records | Centre for Free Expression
The Sault Ste. Marie Police Service has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy, in the law enforcement category, for its sweeping new plan to increase service fees to access documents and records.
Recent blog posts
Celebrating the People and Practices That Sustain Intellectual Freedom | Centre for Free Expression
Celebrating the People and Practices That Sustain Intellectual Freedom | Centre for Free Expression
Freedom to Read Week 2026 (February 22–28) is an occasion for reflection and for recognition at a time of increased demands for censorship. Across Canada, library leadership, librarians, paraprofessional staff, and library trustees have spent the past year doing the essential work that intellectual freedom depends on—often under scrutiny, and always in service of the public good.
The “right to be forgotten” arrives in Canada | Centre for Free Expression
The “right to be forgotten” arrives in Canada | Centre for Free Expression
The interests at stake in a recent investigation[1] by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the “OPC”) can be evoked in two imaginative exercises. First, how would you feel if you had been accused of a crime, the charge had been stayed many years ago, but news articles about the incident were still easily accessible to anyone who typed your name into a search engine?
Are Bans on Children’s Access to Social Media a Good Plan? | Centre for Free Expression
Are Bans on Children’s Access to Social Media a Good Plan? | Centre for Free Expression
There is little doubt that social media has introduced many kinds of challenges to the lives of young people. Whether we chose to or not, most of us have come upon some nasty stuff on the internet. Australia has led what will likely be an international rush to regulate kids’ access to social media. Should we applaud this new measure or should we worry about it?
When Ministerial Orders Shape What Students Can Read | Centre for Free Expression
When Ministerial Orders Shape What Students Can Read | Centre for Free Expression
In May 2025, Alberta’s Minister of Education issued Ministerial Order 030/2025, setting province-wide rules governing access to literary materials in K–12 schools. While presented as a child-protection measure, a subsequent clarification made clear that the order applies not only to school libraries, but to entire school environments—including classrooms, supplementary reading, and voluntary access spaces.
The Feds’ “Combatting Hate Act” (C-9) Should Be Withdrawn Now | Centre for Free Expression
The Feds’ “Combatting Hate Act” (C-9) Should Be Withdrawn Now | Centre for Free Expression
Occasionally, governments introduce legislation that gets things wrong. That certainly is the case for the Liberal Government’s Bill C-9: The Combatting Hate Act. Every aspect of it is flawed.This is a special concern because it is a bill that restricts free expressive rights. Expressive freedom is never without limits, but our courts have been very clear that any restrictions must minimally impair our fundamental democratic freedoms.
Librarians Are My Heroes | Centre for Free Expression
Librarians Are My Heroes | Centre for Free Expression
What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charlie Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression
What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charlie Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression
Flying the Flag: Kneecap and Bill C-9 | Centre for Free Expression
Flying the Flag: Kneecap and Bill C-9 | Centre for Free Expression
Municipal Bubble-Zone Bylaws Are Unnecessary and Likely Unconstitutional | Centre for Free Expression
Municipal Bubble-Zone Bylaws Are Unnecessary and Likely Unconstitutional | Centre for Free Expression
Librarians and Educators Should Decide Books for School Libraries, Not Politicians | Centre for Free Expression
Librarians and Educators Should Decide Books for School Libraries, Not Politicians | Centre for Free Expression
Where Are the Canadian Teachers? | Centre for Free Expression
Where Are the Canadian Teachers? | Centre for Free Expression
Captive Audiences and Bubble Zones | Centre for Free Expression
Captive Audiences and Bubble Zones | Centre for Free Expression
Past events
Trump’s War on Truth | Centre for Free Expression
Trump’s War on Truth | Centre for Free Expression
Panelists: Susan Glasser, Katherine Jacobsen, Craig Silverman Moderator: Julian Sher
2025 Peter Bryce Prize for Whistleblowing | Centre for Free Expression
2025 Peter Bryce Prize for Whistleblowing | Centre for Free Expression
Freedom of Expression, Public Engagement, Democracy: What Can We Expect for the Next Ten Years? | Centre for Free Expression
Freedom of Expression, Public Engagement, Democracy: What Can We Expect for the Next Ten Years? | Centre for Free Expression
Censoring Books in Schools and Libraries: What does it mean for our future? | Centre for Free Expression
Censoring Books in Schools and Libraries: What does it mean for our future? | Centre for Free Expression
Ira Wells in conversation with James L. Turk
"We can't teach a book with that word in it": Reflections on the role of literature in society | Centre for Free Expression
"We can't teach a book with that word in it": Reflections on the role of literature in society | Centre for Free Expression
Lawrence Hill in conversation with Debra Thompson
Initiatives
Centre for Free Expression Helpline for Whistleblowers | Centre for Free Expression
Centre for Free Expression Helpline for Whistleblowers | Centre for Free Expression
Announcements
Toni Samek named CFE Scholar-in-Residence for 2025-2026 | Centre for Free Expression
Toni Samek named CFE Scholar-in-Residence for 2025-2026 | Centre for Free Expression
Andrea Cecchetto Joins CFE Board | Centre for Free Expression
Andrea Cecchetto Joins CFE Board | Centre for Free Expression
Awards
Peter Bryce Prize for Whistleblowing Prize Information
Peter Bryce Prize for Whistleblowing Prize Information
Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy | Centre for Free Expression
Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy | Centre for Free Expression
The Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy is awarded annually to call public attention to governments, government departments and agencies that distinguish themselves by denying public access to government information to which the public has a right under access-to-information legislation.
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