Background
New Brunswick Broadcasting Company, carrying on business under the name of MITV, had made a request to film the proceedings of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly with its own camera or one provided by the speaker. However, the speaker refused television cameras in the House citing parliamentary privilege. New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. appealed the ruling, citing violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Both the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Trial Division and Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Appeal Division agreed that the prohibition violates freedom of speech and ordered Nova Scotia House of Assembly to allow cameras in the House.
Read more about this topic: New Brunswick Broadcasting Co. V. Nova Scotia (Speaker Of The House Of Assembly)
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