City of Montreal bylaw banning insults against police officers is unconstitutional, lawyers claim
By Joe Lofaro
Updated: October 01, 2026 at 3:57p.m. EDT
Published: September 30, 2026 at 7:20p.m. EDT
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The legal challenge was filed in Superior Court on Tuesday by the Saint-Michel Legal Clinic (CJSM) and the Association des juristes progressistes (AJP). In it, they argue that the Supreme Court of Canada has already ruled that expressions that could be characterized as “abusive, insulting, offensive, aggressive, provocative, or even humiliating are protected by freedom of expression.”