An Ontario judge has declared as unconstitutional a section of Canada’s election law designed to prohibit certain kinds of “false statements” during the period of a federal election.  Ontario Superior Court Justice Breese Davies released a decision on Feb. 19 declaring Section 91(1) of the Canada Elections Act (CEA) as an unjustifiable infringement on the free-speech rights of Canadians.  The Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF), which had launched the court challenge in September 2019, called Davies’ ruling “a major free-speech victory.” “This legislation had the potential to fine and even imprison people for honest mistakes. This would create a chilling effect on the free exchange of political ideas and opinions, and the law acts as a form of unjustified censorship,” CCP executive director Joanna Baron said in a statement on Feb. 19. “This result will improve the electoral process and also protects the fundamental right to freedom of expression,” she said, adding that the decision “is a …