What is the scope of the openness principle in the context of the freedom to express ideas and opinions about the operation of the courts?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v Biddersingh, 2015 ONSC 6498 (CanLII):
In CBC v. New Brunswick, 1996 CanLII 184 (SCC), [1996] 3 S.C.R. 480 at p. 496, LaForest J. in reference to the openness principle stated: Openness permits public access to information about the courts, which in turn permits the public to discuss and put forward opinions and criticisms of court practices and procedures. While the freedom to express ideas and opinions about the operation of the courts is clearly within the ambit of the freedom guaranteed by s. 2(b), so too is the right of members of the public to obtain information about the courts in the first place.
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