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The author examines the political pressures in Canada challenging the independence of the judiciary and the Supreme Court's response.

Organizations should implement workplace speech and conduct policies based on embracing individual cultural differences and commonalities. Policies based on legal models fail in changing cultures because procedurally they undermine the ability to work in changing behavior in a conciliatory and constructive manner. Although educational and cultural awareness policies provide a less adversarial and constructive environment for cultural change, legal procedures do provide important safeguards when organizations fail to institute or to abide by such methods.