Kwame Fraser, president and publisher of Dundurn Press, one of the largest Canadian-owned book publishing companies, is joining the Centre for Free Expression’s (CFE) Advisory Board.
Brenda McPhail, Acting Executive Director of the Master in Public Policy in Digital Society program at McMaster University, is joining the Centre for Free Expression Advisory Board.
In its seventh report analyzing adequacy of whistleblower protection laws in Canada, the Centre for Free Expression (CFE) finds Newfoundland and Labrador’s Public Interest Disclosure and Whistleblower Protection Act fails on all criteria.
The City of Prince George, B.C., has been selected as the municipal winner of the 2022 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy.
Grant Munroe has been appointed a senior fellow at the Centre for Free Expression (CFE) at Toronto Metropolitan University. Munroe is the public services manager for the Essex County Library in southwestern Ontario.
“Grant Munroe brings a wide range of experience and skills which are important for the Centre for Free Expression’s work in defending and promoting intellectual freedom,” said James L. Turk, CFE director.
Quebec’s criminal court system has been selected as the provincial winner of the 2022 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy after it was revealed to have held a secret trial involving a police informant, which was only later revealed in a judgment by the province’s court of appeal after the accused appealed their conviction.
