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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>Canadian Federation of Students v Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority \u2013 British Columbia Component<\/em>, 2009 SCC 31, [2009] 2 SCR 295<\/h3>\n<p>This case dealt with whether a regulation banning \u201cpolitical\u201d advertisements on buses violated freedom of expression under s. 2(b) of the <em>Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms<\/em>.&nbsp; The Supreme Court of Canada first determined that BC Transit was an agent of the government, and therefore, the <em>Charter <\/em>applied to their actions and policies.&nbsp; Next, the Supreme Court held that BC Transit\u2019s policy banning political advertisements on buses was a violation and unjustified limit on freedom of speech.&nbsp;&nbsp;The full decision is available <a href=\"http:\/\/scc.lexum.org\/decisia-scc-csc\/scc-csc\/scc-csc\/en\/item\/7796\/index.do\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","resource-type":[10],"area-of-law":[138],"subject-area":[18,203],"grade-level":[25,23,24],"resource-audience":[],"resource-format":[],"class_list":["post-708","resource","type-resource","status-publish","hentry","resource-type-case-summaries","area-of-law-charter-law","subject-area-law","subject-area-civics","grade-level-grade-12","grade-level-grade-10","grade-level-grade-11"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Top Five 2009: Canadian Federation of Students v Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority - OJEN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Five 2009: Canadian Federation of Students v Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority - 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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