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Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE) and the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) are deeply concerned by the Ontario government’s recent passage of Bill 97, which contains sweeping amendments to the province’s freedom of information laws that will significantly weaken the public’s right to know. “Framing this change as a ‘modernization’ of Ontario’s freedom of information laws is a masterclass in Orwellian doublespeak,” said Brent Jolly, president of the CAJ. “It is a bald-faced effort to shield politicians from public scrutiny and to keep Ontarians in the dark about how the provincial government conducts its business.” Bill 97 is a [...]

On Friday evening, the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) learned that journalist Rachel Gilmore had recently been approached in public by individuals linked to, or implicated in, an investigation she had written, and was published by The Tyee that focused on white nationalists. According to a video shared by Gilmore on social media, she was approached by two men connected with white supremacist activities one evening last week while out at a local music venue. In her video, Gilmore states one of the men tried to intimidate her by name-dropping the old gym she used to attend and suggesting they [...]

It’s been more than four years since Canadian photojournalist Amber Bracken was unjustly arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) while on assignment for The Narwhal in northern British Columbia.Monday morning marks the beginning of a five-week trial in B.C. Supreme Court that seeks justice for that egregious act. Bracken and The Narwhal are suing the RCMP for breaching their constitutionally protected rights as journalists.On Nov. 19, 2021, Bracken was out in the field doing her job. She was documenting tensions over the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline through unceded Wet’suwet’en territory. The RCMP arrested her because they claim [...]

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) calls on Vancouver city councillors to reject a plan that would introduce a $10 fee on freedom of information requests at its upcoming council meeting today. “Charging Vancouverites for information that is rightfully theirs as taxpayers is wrong,” said Brent Jolly, president of the CAJ. “It’s a proposal that will literally take the ‘free’ out of freedom of information and privilege secrecy over public scrutiny.” Freedom of information requests are a lawful way for journalists and members of the public to request official records from government bodies or public institutions. In British Columbia, the [...]

Submitted via regulations.gov on September 29, 2025 Office of Regulatory Affairs and Policy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Department of Homeland Security 500 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20536 RE: CAJ submission to the consultation on the revision to the I-Visa Program for Representatives of Foreign Media This submission speaks to the striking concerns of Canadian news organizations, labour groups, and individual journalists and media workers, regarding the proposed revisions to the I- visa program. We urge the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to reconsider these unnecessary restrictions and maintain a system that allows Canadian foreign correspondents to do their [...]

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) calls on Quebec’s Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI), the independent civilian watchdog agency that investigates indices of police misconduct, to immediately examine a spate of press freedom violations by the Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) against journalists covering protests. Over the past several months, the CAJ has documented several examples where police have demonstrated hostile behaviour towards multiple Montreal-based journalists. The most recent incident took place in August when two journalists, Isaac Peltz and William Wilson, were assaulted by SPVM officers while covering an alternative pride march, Rad Pride. Peltz [...]

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) is proud to join more than two dozen Canadian news organizations and industry supporters for the newly-launched ‘Fact Checked’ campaign that aims to fight misinformation by amplifying the value of Canadian journalism. The campaign was produced by Unifor’s Media Action Plan. The campaign will see advertisements shared online and social media, aired on radio and television and printed in newspapers across the country. The campaign’s editorial cartoon was created by Michael de Adder. “Our Fact Checked campaign is meant as a reminder to Canadians who want to be informed and want to be accurate [...]

The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) vehemently opposes the recent changes proposed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that would severely limit Canadian journalists’ ability to live and work in the United States. This is not the first time this proposal has been made. During the last Donald Trump administration, changes were proposed to I visas that would limit the time foreign journalists can stay and work in the U.S. At the time, the CAJ and a number of news agencies, including CBC/Radio-Canada, CTV News and the Toronto Star, signed a joint statement calling for the proposal to be [...]