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Une liberté commence, l’autre s’arrête

La question qui tue pour plusieurs personnes, c’est de savoir si leurs commentaires pourraient constituer un cas de diffamation ou non. La réponse donnée le plus souvent par les juristes, c’est : « ça dépend ». Voici la raison d’être de cette réponse que certains trouvent irritantes :

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A freedom ends… another begins

The million-dollar question that a lot of people ask is whether or not their comments can constitute defamation. The answer often given by legal experts is: “it depends.” Here’s the reason behind this answer that some people find annoying:

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Free speech on campus is subject to the Charter — but only in Alberta

On August 2018, Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities announced that it would “require every publicly-assisted college and university to develop and publicly post its own free speech policy by January 1, 2019 that meets a minimum standard specified by the government”. In December 2019, Alberta’s government followed suit.

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