Daily Media Update
November 7, 2008
In today's update, the media learned that there will be new, tougher
standards for listeria testing in Canada. In other news, the right of
journalists to protect the anonymity of their sources and the freedom
of speech are again under assault, this time in Quebec. And finally,
the misconduct found in B.C. police forces is apparently no cause for
alarm. Nothing to look at here folks, move along...
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In This Update
Listeria Testing
Canada to boost food plant listeria tests after Maple Leaf fatalities - report
Calgary Herald, November 7, 2008
Summary: Canada plans to introduce tougher rules for listeria testing
in food plants after a fatal outbreak linked to sliced meats produced
at a Maple Leaf Foods Inc facility, media outlets said Friday.
Freedom of Speech
Fishing for the sources
Globe and Mail, November 7, 2008
Summary: A bizarre, court-sponsored search for a reporter's
confidential sources is under way in Quebec. Twenty-two people, some
of them federal civil servants, and others employed by advertising
agencies, have testified by order of a Quebec judge as to whether they
have ever spoken to Globe and Mail reporter Daniel Leblanc about
Canada's now dismantled sponsorship program. More may yet be ordered
to testify.
B.C. Police Misconduct
Level of police misconduct 'not an anomaly'
Globe and Mail, November 7, 2008
Summary: The B.C. police complaint commissioner, commenting on the
list of 106 substantiated allegations of misconduct over two years
recorded by his office, says the level of incidents is consistent with
those in other provinces and even countries.