Canada
Daily Star reporter released on bailPosted Jun 20 2007
Karine Gagnon, a reporter with the Journal de Quebec, is facing increased pressure to reveal her sources from a November story about asbestos in government buildings, according to Reporters Without Borders,. Lawyers for the Societe Immobiliere du Quebec demanded that she provide all her notes and the identities of her sources at an administrative tribunal June 19. A Canadian amendment to the criminal code passed in 2004 states that journalists must provide confidential sources and notes only when the police view them as essential to a criminal investigation.
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