By Christopher Guly ( April 12, 2024, 12:34 PM EDT) -- In the first Canadian case to challenge one of the country’s so-called ag-gag (agriculture-gag) laws, an Ontario Superior Court judge struck several provisions of the regulations governing Ontario’s Security from Trespass and Protecting Food Safety Act. The Act came into effect in 2020 and requires the consent of owners of farms or facilities where farm animals are kept, raised or slaughtered as a violation of freedom of expression under section 2 (b) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms....