Claim 471

The judge ordered the RCMP to keep the media's role in a free society in mind when making enforcement decisions affecting journalists.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The judge ordered the RCMP to keep the media's role in a free society in mind when making enforcement decisions affecting journalists.
Field: occurred_on
Value: 2021-07-20
About: incident 2021-rcmp-restricts-press-fairy-creek-court-order
Source: RCMP treatment of media at Fairy Creek blockades: court case takeaways
Publisher: The Narwhal
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2021-07-21

Quotation from the source

the RCMP will be reminded by the presence of this additional language to keep in mind the media's special role in a free and democratic society, and the necessity of avoiding undue and unnecessary interference with the journalistic function.