TORONTO, May 1 (UPI) -- Ontario officials are reviewing a landmark decision striking down a requirement that all films and videos in the Canadian province be approved by a censors.
The decision by the Ontario Superior Court held the requirement in the provincial Theatres Act creating the Ontario Film Review Board violates freedom-of-expression guarantees in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Globe and Mail reported Saturday.
The provincial government now has 30 days to decide whether to appeal Friday's decision to the Ontario Court of Appeal or draft new regulations.
A lawyer for the Ontario bookstore that successfully challenged the review board's jurisdiction, said Ontario should consider a review regime similar to that of Manitoba, where the government hasn't had the power to censor films since 1972.
