The Court held that the Criminal Code offence of defamatory libel infringed the constitutional protection of freedom of expression under Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but the offence was a reasonable limit prescribed by law under Section 1 of the Charter.
The Court determined that the Criminal Code offence of libel, which is defamatory, violated the constitutional right to freedom of expression as outlined in Section 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but this offense was deemed a justifiable limitation imposed by law under Section 1 of the Charter.