gagged... but are we really?

gagged... but are we really?

Licia Corbella has a decent column up about the new gag law Elections Canada has foisted upon us, upheld by the Supreme Court. This law makes it illegal for anyone but political parties to spend more than $3000 on elections advertising in any one riding in the country, or $150000 for a national campaign.

In other words, if a private individual takes out a 1/2 page ad in the Sun (about $5000) denouncing a specific candidate, then he could go to jail.

The Supreme Court wants to erase one of our fundamental rights (free political speech) during a federal election campaign? Just to protect the jobs of the Liberal government that appointed them to the bench I suppose. Fine. They can have it their way.

Who needs to spend money on an election campaign anyhow? The fact may have escaped the Supremes, but newspapers, radio, and TV are not the only media out there anymore. Can Blogs save free speech in Canada? Well, there is one way to find out...