Saturday, February 14, 2015

02/24/2015 The Death of Dissent: How Governments Kill Criticism Northeast, Northwest Free



City of Toronto All Events http://ift.tt/17bbFmR Civil society is feeling a chill in every direction and at pretty much every level of government. Canada Revenue Agency audits are hitting charities and policy groups, scientists are being defunded or tied up in bureaucracy, a growing culture of secrecy in Ottawa is shutting down investigative journalism, and our Access and Whistleblower systems are in total disarray. As a result, the flames of dissent are burning lower than ever because a huge amount of their fuel has been taken away. With Tom Henheffer, Executive Director of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression.

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