Fri Sep 15, 2023 – 12:22 pm EDT
OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Independent media outlet Rebel News has won a court victory against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal environment minister who blocked them from viewing his official government account.
On September 11, the Federal Court of Canada ordered Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault to pay $20,000 in damages and to unblock Rebel News editor-in-chief Ezra Levant from Guilbeault’s official government account on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Rebel News just crushed Steven Guilbeault in the Federal Court of Canada,” said Levant. “And in doing so, we struck a blow for freedom of speech and freedom of the press for everyone.”
Two years earlier, Guilbeault ordered that the independent media outlet be blocked from his official account, meaning Rebel was unable to receive any government news updates, respond to posts, or ask journalistic questions.
“We were banned from a government service just because we disagreed with a politician,” Levant explained.
Rebel took the case to the Federal Court of Canada, arguing they had a right as Canadians to view the minister’s official government account.
“It might sound like a small thing, but if Guilbeault can cut us off from
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