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998
Year 998 ( CMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
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Supreme Court of Canada
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decision on the right to
freedom of expression in which the Supreme Court struck down a law that prohibited the publication, broadcast, or dissemination of opinion surveys within the last three days of a federal election campaign, as it violated
section 2(b) of the ''
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms''. The provision clearly restricted expression and was found to be too restrictive to be justified under section 1 of the ''Charter''.
See also
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List of Supreme Court of Canada cases (Lamer Court)
External links
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Canadian freedom of expression case law
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms case law
Supreme Court of Canada cases
1998 in Canadian case law
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