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Controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 1918

    Suppression and criminalization of possession

    After repeated prosecutions of editor Isaac Bainbridge for seditious libel, the Chief Press Censor succeeded in having Canadian Forward outlawed. The 5 October prohibition made possession illegal, and subsequent convictions, including the imprisonment of Arthur Skidmore, made the paper a prominent case of wartime press repression.

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