That is a strange and troubling headline.

"Supreme Court urged to clarify law on journalist source protection".

Hello?

No, it is not properly the job of the Supreme Court to "clarify law".

Law is written by a different branch of government, the legislative branch. THAT branch of government ought to ensure laws are written with sufficient clarity.

Look, if a journalist wants to challenge the constitutionality of a law on the books, that is fine and terrific, they ought properly do as is being done: Challenge the law in court with a lawyer, and argue that the law over-reaches and violates a fundamental right in the Charter. 

If the learned judges of the court agree, terrific, the law will be overturned as unconstitutional.

But for crying out loud, that is not the Supreme Court "clarifying law". 

Instead , it is the Supreme Court rejecting a law as unconstitutional.

They are not the same acts. Use "SETTLE", not "clarify".

Clarifying law belongs back at the legislative stages.

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