This was an important ruling to confirm that we do have freedom of speech in this country. I find it amazing that such a law could ever be drafted in the first place, and then supported by any political party. The $150,000 limit during the campaign is still an irritant, and we should go after that next.

John H. MacLean

I am very happy with the Supreme Court’s ruling. We must all be vigilant and continue to resist gag laws wherever they raise their ugly heads.

Yes,we must continue to resist the gag laws . Dot Fuhrman

Labour unions are the wrong group to be cheering the decision of the court restricting the application of BC’s gag law. They should have no right at any time to spend forced union dues from workers of many political stripes in support of any political party or cause.

Gag laws must be repealed.

A good start. Now let’s push it all the way. No gag law, anywhere!

Seems everyone is mising the point here. This is clearly a victory for free speech yes. However the real point here is that UNIONS should be enjoined from spending dues on political advertizing. Union dues should be for the betterment of the employee and his/her working condition.

I found it interesting that in the entire article not once is the name of the ruling party in BC mentioned. “Campbell” had one mention on its own. All the unions are named as well as the NDP and their spokesman. Was it simply an assumption that everyone in Canada knows who Campbell is and what party he is leader of? Who is the Campbell that he would gag unions and many others that have legitimate reasons for not wanting his government in for a 3rd term? Gordon Campbell, leader of the LINOs (liberal in name only), that’s the man who came up with this gag law and thought everyone would just take it. Gordon Campbell who has refused to raise the minimum wage for 8 years and introduced the $6 an hour training wage for young people just starting out. Campbell who promised not to sell BC Rail or BC Hydro. BC Rail Corruption Trial has been in pretrial for 5 long years as Gordon and his minions, including the Attorney General, do everything in their power to derail it. Campbell who rips up contracts that have been settled fairly and then causes many to be laid off/fired and if rehired at a much lower pay rate and loss of seniority and benefits. Campbell laid off thousands of people all over the province that belonged to the Highways Dept.. nursing, housekeeping in hospitals, elder care and more. Campbell has caused the closure of court houses, hospitals, seniors homes, post offices; and let everyone go who had been employed there. Now with the Olympics coming next winter the plan is to remove the homeless from the streets of Vancouver. There is talk of housing the mentally ill homeless at the old wretched asylum, Essendale. It has been virtually empty for the past 30 years so you can imagine what it must be inside. But as Vancouver has about 2000 homeless people, it will be interesting to find out where and how he’ll put them - out of sight and out of mind. What a great many people, union members included, want Gordo, the soup nazi, to be- out of sight and out of mind.
ps: bet none of you knew, unless your in BC, that the provincial legislature has not sat but for a few days each, these past 2 sessions. Gordo didn’t feel it was necessary to look after the provinces’ business these past 6 months. Other than that disgusting gag law. Oh yeah, public inquiries will still be used as necessary but the results will not be made public unless the gov thinks they can handle it. The same with FOI. Months and months to get results then redacted to the point of uselessness.