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Board orders journalist to reveal sources and states case for contempt upon his refusal.
During a hearing for an unfair labour practice complaint, the complainant union subpoenaed a journalist who had written an article about the respondent employer's alleged threat to cancel its animal control contract.
The journalist refused to reveal his sources for the article.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled that the identity of the sources was relevant and admissible, and that no journalistic privilege exists in Ontario to protect a reporter's sources.
When the journalist continued to refuse to answer the question, the Board consented to state a case to the Divisional Court for contempt proceedings.
