I have been shocked by recent events at the CMAJ, including the firing of John Hoey and Anne Marie Todkill as editor-in-chief and senior deputy editor. In a situation like this one, what are the rights of long-time CMA members, like me, whose fees have helped to support the association and its flagship journal over the decades? What are the rights of readers, who have relied on CMAJ for high-quality intellectual honesty and the bravery to question the increasing corruption of academic medicine by outside interests? What about those whose intellectual creativity has helped to make CMAJ an important international force in medical and health science?
When free speech is suppressed, people who value freedom must protest.