BPC Bulletin: Canada Post and Your Ward News
News Reports and Commentary Selected by Franklin Carter of the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee
November 23, 2018
Carla Qualtrough, the federal minister of public services, has permanently ordered Canada Post to cease delivery of Toronto’s Your Ward News.
The order follows an older interim ban on Canada Post’s delivery of the controversial newsprint publication.
REPORTAGE
The Canadian Press reports:
https://globalnews.ca/news/4668793/your-ward-news-canada-post-order/
Peter Zimonjic of CBC News reports:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/your-ward-news-banned-permanently-1.4907808
Rachel Browne of Vice News reports:
In The Canadian Jewish News, Paul Lungen reports:
https://www.cjnews.com/news/canada/minister-upholds-mail-ban-on-your-ward-news
At LifeSiteNews, James Risdon reports:
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