Baglow v. Smith
This Charter freedom was central to the decision in Baglow v. Smith.
What is freedom of expression?
In R v. Patrick, police searched this item without a warrant.
What is garbage left at the curb?
R v. A.M. involved a search conducted in this type of setting.
What is a school?
The occupation James Keegstra had at the time of the offence was _____
What is a high school history teacher
The type of law in this case was _____
What is tort law
The legal issue in Baglow v. Smith involved this type of lawsuit about harm to reputation.
What is defamation?
This section of the Charter protects individuals from unreasonable search and seizure.
What is Section 8?
Police searched this personal item at a school in R v. A.M.
What is a student’s backpack?
The type of speech led to Keegstra being charged under the Criminal Code was ______
What is the promotion of hatred against an identifiable group?
The key legal concept which was used to decide whether the garage owner could be responsible for the injury is ______
What is duty of care
What was the central issue in Baglow v. Smith?
Are negative online comments on political blogs count as defamation
The accused argued police violated his rights because they searched his garbage without this.
What is a search warrant?
This Charter right was examined in R v. A.M
What is Section 8
The Charter right which Keegstra argued was violated by the hate-speech law was __________
What is freedom of expression under section 2(b)
The factor the Court focus on when deciding if leaving the keys in the car could make the harm predictable is ________
What is reasonable forseeability?
The defence that protected Smith’s statements in Baglow v. Smith was this Charter-related principle.
What is fair comment in political debate?
The court examined whether Patrick had this in his garbage once it was placed out for collection.
What is a reasonable expectation of privacy?
The police search in R v. A.M. was ruled unconstitutional because officers lacked this.
What is reasonable grounds (or a warrant)?
In R v. Keegstra, the Supreme Court upheld the Criminal Code offence that prohibits this type of conduct as a justified limit on freedom of expression.
What is willfully promoting hatred
This is the key difference between what the trial judge and the Supreme Court decided about Rankin's Garage
What is the trial judge found a duty of care existed, while the Supreme Court reversed the decision and said no duty existed?
Baglow v. Smith reinforced that democracy depends on open discussion, even when speech is controversial, under this section of the Charter.
What is Section 2(b)?
The Supreme Court ruled police did not violate the Charter because curbside garbage is considered this.
What is abandoned property?
In R v. A.M., the Supreme Court ruled the search was unlawful because police relied on school staff instead of meeting this legal requirement for searches.
What is reasonable justification for the search?
What key principle did the Supreme Court of Canada confirm about freedom of expression in this case?
What is that freedom of expression is not absolute and can be limited to prevent harm to vulnerable groups
This is the main reason the Supreme Court decided Rankin George was not responsible, even though the car was unlocked and stolen
What is that garages are not legally required to lock cars, and the Court found it was not reasonably foreseeable that intoxicated minors would steal and unlocked car and crash it