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69 U. Toronto Fac. L. Rev. 68 (2011)
Charter-ing a Course: National Post, Journalist-Source Privilege and the Future of Canada's Charter Press Clause

handle is hein.journals/utflr69 and id is 152 raw text is: CHARTER-ING A COURSE: NATIONAL POST, JOURNALIST-SOURCE PRIVILEGE AND THE FUTURE OF CANADA'S CHARTER PRESS CLAUSE SIMON KUPI INTRODUCTION 69 1. INTERPRETING THE CHARTER'S PRESS GUARANTEE 70 i. Or of the Press and the American Speech-Press Debate 71 ii. Groundwork for a Charter-Specific Interpretation of the Press Guarantee: Lessard and 'Newsgathering' 74 iii. Protecting Practices: A Canadian Alternative to the Institutional Model of Press Freedom 77 II. THE CASE FOR JOURNALIST-SOURCE PRIVILEGE UNDER SECTION 2(B) 89 i. National Post and the Governing Wigmore Approach to Journalist-Source Privilege 91 ii. National Post's American Precedent: Branzburg v Hayes 94 iii. The Mistakes of National Post: Why the Charter Must Protect Journalist-Source Relationships 96 III. A CHARTER-BASED JOURNALIST-SOURCE PRIVILEGE TEST 106 i. The American Jurisprudence 107 ii. The Perils of Balancing: Is a Statutory Solution Preferable? 109 iii. A Proposed Charter-based Test for Asserting Journalist-Source Privilege 110 IV. CONCLUSION 114 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW REVIEW VOL. 69 (2)

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