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Book censorship in Canada
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Book Censorship in Canada is primarily limited to the control of which books may be imported. Canada Border Services Agency is able to block materials considered to be inappropriate from entering the country, although this practice has become less frequent since the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was put into place.[1]
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Domestic censorship is uncommon, although not impossible under the Criminal Code. For example, printing or disseminating any publication containing hate speech or child pornography is a criminal act.[2] In times of war, these powers have sometimes been expanded to remove any publication with a viewpoint that opposed the government.[3]
As with book censorship in the United States, the removal of publications from libraries due to public outrage is occasionally practiced.[1] School libraries are especially likely to cause controversy. Canada has had a couple of widely publicized school board bans and one that notably turned into a supreme court battle, Chamberlain v. Surrey School District.[4]