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Alberta's Personal Information Protection Act Violates Charter (CELG)

Martin Kratz, Q.C., and Stephen Burns
December 11, 2013
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The Supreme Court of Canada has just held that the collective right to freedom of expression in a lawful strike situation trumps an individual's right to control their information in a public setting, striking down the Alberta Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA). Published my Wolters Kluwer CCH in Canadian Employment Law Guide (Number 146).
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