| R v Bryan | |
|---|---|
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| Hearing: October 16, 2006 Judgment: March 15, 2007 | |
| Full case name | Paul Charles Bryan v. Her Majesty the Queen and Attorney General of Canada |
| Citations | 2007 SCC 12, [2007] 1 S.C.R. 527 |
| Docket No. | 31052 [1] |
| Prior history | Judgment for the Crown and the Attorney General of Canada in the British Columbia Court of Appeal. |
| Ruling | Appeal dismissed. |
| Holding | |
| Section 329 of the Canada Elections Act is constitutional and justified under section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. | |
| Court membership | |
| Chief Justice: Beverley McLachlin Puisne Justices: Michel Bastarache, Ian Binnie, Louis LeBel, Marie Deschamps, Morris Fish, Rosalie Abella, Louise Charron, Marshall Rothstein | |
| Reasons given | |
| Majority | Bastarache J. (paras. 1-53) |
| Concurrence | Fish J. (paras. 54-82) |
| Concurrence | Deschamps, Charron and Rothstein JJ. (para. 83) |
| Dissent | Abella J. (paras. 84-134), joined by McLachlin C.J., and Binnie and LeBel JJ. |
R v Bryan 2007 SCC 12 is a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on freedom of expression and Canadian federal elections. The Court upheld a law that prevented the publicizing of election results from some ridings before the polls closed in others.
The law was later repealed by a vote in parliament, taking effect June 18 2014[2] [3] prior to the 2015 Canadian federal election, citing the increased use of social media.[4]
- ^ SCC Case Information - Docket 31052 Supreme Court of Canada
- ^ Branch, Legislative Services (2023-01-14). "Consolidated federal laws of Canada, Canada Elections Act". laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ Branch, Legislative Services (2003-01-01). "Consolidated federal laws of Canada, Canada Elections Act". laws-lois.justice.gc.ca. Retrieved 2023-02-23.
- ^ "Election night results blackout a thing of the past". CBC News. Retrieved 17 October 2015.