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The Montreal chapter of the Canadian Association of Journalists will host a discussion with Bloc Québécois MP Serge Ménard, Thursday, December 20, who will outline his efforts to amend the Canada Evidence Act to spare journalists from being forced to disclose the identity of their sources or to turn over information or documents that would reveal their identity.

Bill C-426, introduced by Mr. Ménard, passed second reading in the House of Commons, Nov. 28. If it passes third reading, it will become the first law in Canada to protect journalists' sources.

WHEN: Noon, Thursday, December 20, 2007

WHERE: Canadian Newspaper Guild
1134 Ste. Catherine West, Suite 710

Robert Frank
[514] 893-9221
www.caj.ca

Margaret Wente on seven things you can't say in Canada
When: Wednesday, November 24, 2004, 7 p.m.
Where: Atwater Library, 1200 Atwater Avenue (side entrance), Montreal
Who: CAJ members - Free & Non-members - $5.00

The Montreal chapter of the Canadian Association of Journalists will host a discussion with Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente, Wednesday, November 24, about how merely discussing certain subjects has become taboo in Canada.

Twelve years of Wente's witty and insightful Globe and Mail columns have been compiled into a book An Accidental Canadian, which was just released by Harper Collins Canada.

"Margaret Wente's observations are particularly topical in Montreal," observed CAJ Montreal president Diodora Bucur, "where not just what you can say but who is permitted to speak here, has become the object of intense controversy."