Kenneth Armstrong
June 16, 2021
A judicial review is in the final stage of deciding whether the City of Guelph acted improperly when it removed three anti-abortion advertisements from city buses.
The three-judge panel heard final arguments from the city and the applicant, Guelph and Area Right to Life, during a virtual hearing on Tuesday.
Three national organizations have been granted 'friends of the court' status for an upcoming court challenge
Apr 19, 2021
By: Richard Vivian, Guelph Today
Three national organizations have been granted “friends of the court” status for an upcoming court challenge of the city’s decision to pull three anti-abortion advertisements from buses in 2019 and 2020.
“We think this is an important case because, I think, Canadians have the right to be protected from false advertising, which is really what this case revolves around and whether cities have the right to refuse such advertising or whether they’d be compelled to subject the public to false and demeaning advertising,” said Joyce Arthur, executive director of the Vancouver-based Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC).
Anti-abortion group defends their ads on transit buses, despite outrage
Spencer Turcotte, CTV Kitchener
Published Monday, November 11, 2019
GUELPH -- An anti-abortion group in Guelph says they're defending their right to freedom of speech with their advertisements on transit buses as others in the community are calling for them to be removed.
Guelph & Area Right to Life says there are only five images, but they have been duplicated for display on the back of 10 different buses.
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