Canada’s ban on election advertising by unregistered third parties does not violate the Charter right to free expression, a judge has found.
Federal Court Justice Cecily Strickland ruled against a case brought by Rebel News founder Ezra Levant, who was fined for lawn signs promoting his book, titled The Libranos: What the media won’t tell you about Justin Trudeau’s corruption, during the 2019 federal election. The capital S in Libranos was styled as a dollar sign, and Liberal ministers were shown in a play on the mobster drama The Sopranos. It did not include disclosure of who paid for them, which is legally required for election ads.
