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This summary, based on these comments and observations, is appropriate for discussion and debate in the classroom setting.<\/p>\n<h3><em>Harper v Canada (AG)<\/em>, 2004 SCC 33, [2004] 1 SCR 827<\/h3>\n<p>The leader of the federal party with the third highest number of seats in the House of Commons at time, Stephen Harper, challenged Canada\u2019s election law that limited third party advertising spending.&nbsp; A majority of the Supreme Court of Canada determined that this law violated the freedom of expression of the third party, but that this infringement was justified as it helped ensure electoral fairness.&nbsp; The Supreme Court of Canada also differentiated between freedom of expression and the right to vote.&nbsp;The full decision is available <a href=\"http:\/\/scc.lexum.org\/en\/2000\/2000scc57\/2000scc57.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","resource-type":[10],"area-of-law":[138],"subject-area":[203,18],"grade-level":[24,25,23],"resource-audience":[],"resource-format":[],"class_list":["post-741","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource-type-case-summaries","area-of-law-charter-law","subject-area-civics","subject-area-law","grade-level-grade-11","grade-level-grade-12","grade-level-grade-10"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Five 2004: Harper v Canada (AG) - OJEN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ojen.ca\/en\/resource\/top-five-2004-harper-v-canada-ag\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Five 2004: Harper v Canada (AG) - OJEN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Each year at OJEN\u2019s Toronto Summer Law Institute, a judge from the Court of Appeal for Ontario identifies five cases that are of significance in the educational setting. 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