Jia is a 4th year student who has excelled in her studies during her time a Queen's; she is getting ready to move to Montreal for graduate studies at McGill. Jia works hard at school and also does volunteer work for a local charity. This can leave her feeling pretty stressed, so she sometimes likes to relax with friends on the weekend. Recently she was at a party where some of her friends (all over 19) were consuming marijuana that they were growing themselves at home. Not a lot! Just a plant or two for their own personal use. Jia didn't try it - yet - she is cautious and wanted to make sure that she understood the health effects and also be sure she wasn't doing anything illegal! Jia is considering a professional career, and she knows any legal problems with drugs or alcohol could prevent her from becoming licensed in her profession.

Where should Jia look to make sure what her friends were doing was legal?

Jia has become pretty convinced about the benefits of liberalizing marijuana laws during her research. She posted an endorsement on her Facebook page for a candidate in an upcoming federal election who supports further reforms. She received a notice from Facebook telling her that she would need to register the post as "issue advertising" on a public registry under a new law regulating election advertising. If she doesn't, Facebook will take it down. The new law is

supposed to help protect the electoral process from "fake news" and manipulation by foreign powers. Jia knows that the Charter applies, since new legislation is involved. Is Jia's Facebook posting covered by s. 2(b) and if so, is the new law interfering with her right to free expression? Choose one of the positions below and provide two short reasons supporting your choice.

a) Yes, s. 2(b) is engaged, and Yes, it will be restricted by the new law.

b) Yes, s. 2(b) is engaged, but No, it will not be restricted by the new law.

c) No, s. 2(b) is not engaged here.