I do a lot of blocking on Twitter and don’t feel badly about it — though this case does have me thinking. The citizens involved in the case against Mayor Watson don’t fall into this category; as mentioned, they are serious people. But if they are successful in making Twitter access a constitutional right, are we somehow cheapening the idea of what counts for public/political debate in 2018? The Ottawa complainants make a good case in their application that Twitter has become a public-information channel and politicians have no more right to block citizens from that sphere than they do in other realms. That could all change if this interesting challenge with the Ottawa mayor goes ahead and suddenly Twitter access is deemed a Charter right.

Source: thestar October 18, 2018 22:02 UTC