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Weekly News Roundup (March 28)

Posted on March 28, 2017
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By: Brittany Green 

Top Stories this Week

 Potential parliamentary reforms would strike a blow to democracy: Editorial (Access to Information Canada) https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2017/03/28/potential-parliamentary-reforms-would-strike-a-blow-to-democracy-editorial.html

Does your company have a cyberbreach strategy? Here’s why it should (Privacy Canada) https://digitalguardian.com/blog/data-breach-experts-share-most-important-next-step-you-should-take-after-data-breach-2014-2015

Academic freedom at McGill called into question (Censorship Canada) http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/professors-question-health-of-academic-freedom-at-mcgill-after-potter-resignation

Lack of indigenous members lamented; CRTC Chair (CRTC) http://business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/crtc-chair-regrets-lack-of-indigenous-commissioners-at-aboriginal-radio-hearing

Top International News

Trump’s lawyers: ‘Apprentice’ contestant can’t sue president (Defamation International) http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/president-trump-asserts-immunity-defamation-claims-46428459

Campus ‘free speech zones’ face new round of scrutiny (Censorship International) https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-03-28/campus-free-speech-zones-face-new-round-of-scrutiny

Pinterest blackout gives further reason to chip away at China’s Great Firewall (Censorship International) https://www.pressreader.com/canada/the-globe-and-mail-ottawaquebec-edition/20170328/281814283697894

Thai gov’t suspends TV station for a week over its reports (Censorship International) http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/thai-govt-suspends-tv-station-week-reports-46396570

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