October 2, 2025 – for immediate release

The National NewsMedia Council (NNC) found that a complaint about a July 21, 2025, news article published by the Canadian Press was resolved due to corrective action. 

The article reported that several Conservative MPs were criticizing the Crown’s approach to prosecuting two of the organizers of the 2022 “Freedom Convoy” protests in downtown Ottawa. The complainant expressed concern that the news article did not mention that a Federal Court judge ruled in 2024 that the government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act was an unreasonable infringement on sections of Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 

When informed of the NNC complaint, the news organization promptly updated the article to include reference to the Federal Court ruling and that the federal government is appealing that ruling. 

The updated article also included an editor’s note at the foot of the story, stating: “A previous version of this story did not contain a reference to the Federal Court ruling on the Emergencies Act.” 

The Canadian Press communicated the updated information to news organizations that carried the wire story to ensure that other newsrooms and their readers were notified of the change. 

While it is not necessarily expected nor possible for news organizations to include all aspects of a subject in an individual piece of reporting, best practice is to provide readers with relevant information and context that presents multiple sides of an issue. 

In this case, providing further context in the form of an update to the piece, and alerting readers and other news organizations to the change, aligns with best practices surrounding context and corrections.

For the reasons outlined above, the NNC considered the complaint about accuracy resolved due to corrective action.