More Election Gag Laws Upheld

This hasn't received much coverage (probably on account of last week's shenanigans in Parliament).

On Friday, the BC Court of Appeal released a judgment upholding a publication ban in the Canada Elections Act which prohibits individuals from publishing election results from the Eastern Canada before the polls close in the West, ruling that:

"...When the deleterious effect of a short moratorium on the exercise of the right to freedom of expression is balanced against the salutary effects of preserving an information balance among voters across the country and promoting the perception of electoral fairness, it appears to me that the salutary effects have more weight..."

Ironically, the State believes that an elector's informed voting decision is one where his access to information is restricted, rather than facilitated.