Gormley: Free expression isn't at odds with public safety

One year ago, the Court of Appeal for Ontario deftly summarized an error committed by both those who oppose and support the protection of journalists’ sources. It summarized the error by making it.
“A free and vigorous press is essential to the proper functioning of a democracy,” it said. True enough.
“The protection of society from serious criminal activity is equally important to the maintenance of a functioning democracy,” it said. Right again.
But then this: &ld