'According to my sources...' A proposed constitutional framework for adjudicating reporter-source confidentiality in Canada

In light of recent Ontario jurisprudence pertaining to reporter-source confidentiality in a criminal context, this thesis seeks to address those fundamental issues necessary for the thorough and nuanced deliberation of matters litigated along such lines. In providing a set of prior examples in both the Canadian and American legal contexts, it is argued that the mere reliance upon common law principles for such adjudication is insufficient, and the issue is to be more appropriately considered according to those relevant rights entrenched within the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , in addition to its guiding values. A Charter-based framework for analysis would thereby involve both the free press component of section 2(b) and the section 8 right against unreasonable search and seizure, lending greater credence to the concept of press and media freedom in the Canadian legal landscape.