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This month, Canada lost one of its greatest investigative journalists,

Toronto-based reporter, Christy Blatchford. Miss Blatchford, whom I had the privilege of working with during my time as an editor at the National Post newspaper,

was not only a tireless investigator, but also a principled advocate for due process and the rule of law.

As a court reporter, she knew the importance of the presumption of innocence

and became alarmed in recent years by the erosion of such rights.

In June 2019, Ms Blatchford was presented with the George

Jonas Freedom Award at an event organized in Toronto by the Justice Center for Constitutional

freedoms. What follows are excerpts from Miss Blatchford's speech that night.

The full transcript was published by Quillett in July, under the headline,

How do Process Fell Victim to Good Intentions? R.I.P. Christy Blatchford, I can only hope that my profession remains inspired by your example.

As you'll know in the last week of May, Conservative MP Michael Cooper, dare to quote three lines from

New Zealand terrorist Brenton Terrence dreary manifesto.

This in response to a bit of a hectoring from a Muslim witness who appeared before the committee, which was studying online hate.

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