P-33.1 - Act to protect the confidentiality of journalistic sources

Section 5 Disposition versions

2018-06-15

5. The disclosure of information or a document that identifies or could identify a journalistic source may not be authorized unless

(1)  the information or document cannot be produced in evidence by any other reasonable means; and

(2)  the public interest for the administration of justice in disclosing information or a document outweighs the public interest in preserving the confidentiality of the journalistic source given such considerations as the importance of the information or document to a central issue in the proceeding, the nature of the dispute, freedom of the press, and the impact of disclosure on the journalistic source and the journalist.

2018, c. 26, s. 5.