An audit of purchasing practices in Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s department finds, among several findings, there is no governance committee that “actively provide[s] guidance and oversight over procurement activities.” The findings are the results of an audit conducted by the internal audit function of the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH), which were compiled as a…
No Governance Committee Actively Monitoring Procurement Activities: Audit Report on Heritage Department
No Governance Committee Actively Monitoring Procurement Activities at Heritage Department: Audit Report
An audit of purchasing practices in Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez’s department has found there is no governance committee that “actively provide[s] guidance and oversight over procurement activities.” This and other findings are the result of an audit conducted by the internal audit function of the Department of Canadian Heritage (PCH), which were compiled in the…
CRTC Gets New Chair With Broadcasting Regulator in Spotlight Over Contentious Bills
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has appointed the next head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. Vicky Eatrides will serve as the broadcasting regulator’s chair and CEO for a five-year term starting on Jan. 5. Eatrides was most recently an assistant deputy minister at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, a role she took on…
CRTC Head Is Confident About Managing Online News Bill Despite ‘Challenges’ Ahead
The chair of Canada’s broadcasting regulator says there will be challenges along the way but the body is well equipped to iron out the details of a bill that seeks to regulate online news. Ian Scott, head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, told a House committee that he has already sought input from…
Heritage Minister, Google Clash Over Online Streaming Bill
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he doesn’t appreciate Google “trying to intimidate Canadians” after the company pushed back on a proposed online streaming bill. Google published a blog post on Wednesday advocating against Bill C-11, saying it has the potential to “disadvantage the Canadian creators.” When asked about that criticism, Rodriguez says the proposed law…
‘We Want to See Privacy Considered’: Privacy Commissioner Suggests Bill C-11 Be Amended
Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said his office is recommending changes be made to the pending Bill C-11 to ensure that Canadians’ privacy will be protected in the collection of their data and content consumption, should the bill pass the Senate. “The implementation of the bill in a way that ensures that requested information is de-identified or…
Peter Menzies: Proposed Online News Act Inserts the State Into the Newsrooms of the Nation
Commentary More than half a century ago Canada’s then-prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, famously declared that the state has no place in the bedrooms of the nation. Last week, the government of current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau very quietly inserted that same state into the newsrooms of the nation. The tool used is something called the…
Heritage Minister’s Actions Validate for Second Time Concerns Over Online Speech Regulation Are Legitimate
Commentary Canada’s Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has now twice confirmed that fears regarding the looming regulation of online speech in Canada were and continue to be legitimate. The first was when, in early February, he introduced Bill C-11—the Trudeau government’s second attempt, to put it simply, to define the global internet as mere broadcasting and…
Liberals Move to Cut Debate, Force Vote on Bill to Implement 2021 Budget
June 14, 2021
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OTTAWA—The Trudeau Liberals moved on Monday to force an end to debate in the House of Commons on the government’s budget bill and bring it to a vote. Bill C-30 contains multiple measures from the April budget, including changes to business and worker supports. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said the government is worried the bill…
Opposition MPs Express Anger as Liberal House Leader, Not PM Aide, Testifies on WE
OTTAWA—A parliamentary hearing on the federal government’s now-dead deal with WE Charity threatened to devolve into chaos on Monday after the Liberals sent a cabinet minister to answer questions on behalf of one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s senior aides. Members of the House of Commons ethics committee had expected to hear from Trudeau’s director…
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