Western democracies without some form of journalist shield law," Michael Cooke, editor of the Toronto Star, told a Senate committee studying a bill to protect journalists' confidential sources. ( Tom Sandler / Toronto Star file photo )OTTAWA—Editors from some of the country’s largest news organizations are backing a Senate bill that aims to protect confidential sources from unwarranted police intrusion. would not have been possible without the contribution of those anonymous sources who trust journalists to protect them,” he said. Further, any evidence gathered by surveillance of journalists’ sources would be sealed. The hope is that the bill could put an end to these so-called “fishing expeditions” for journalists’ sources that police want to identify.

Source: thestar February 16, 2017 02:14 UTC