What is the test for vagueness in a challenge to a federal anti-free speech statute?

Ontario, Canada


The following excerpt is from R. v. LeBeau, 1988 CanLII 3271 (ON CA):

Reference should also be made to the first sentence in the footnote to the last sentence in this quotation, It reads: … vagueness challenges to statutes which do not involve First Amendment freedoms must be examined in the light of the facts of the case at hand. United States v. Mazurie, 419 U.S. 544, 550 (1975) …

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