Cabinet has reappointed Catherine Tait as president and CEO of CBC and Radio-Canada for just an 18-month term as Ottawa reassesses the public broadcaster’s mandate going forward in a shifting online “environment,” says Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez. Tait was appointed to a five-year term as CBC’s president in July 2018, but Rodriguez told reporters in Ottawa on…
Tait Reappointed as CBC President for Just 18 Months as Public Broadcaster’s Mandate Is Reassessed
CRTC Considering Creating Public Registry of Online Streaming Services
In response to the federal government’s recently passed Online Streaming Act, Canada’s broadcast regulator is considering creating a public registry whereby certain online streaming services would need to be registered in order to operate in the country, according to a consultation document. The proposed public registry would allow the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to keep…
CRTC Considering Certain ‘Requirements’ for Streaming Platforms to Promote Canadian and Indigenous Content Globally
Canada’s broadcast regulator is considering implementing certain “requirements or incentives” that it says would help ensure streaming platforms promote Canadian and indigenous content both domestically and internationally, according to a consultation document. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced on May 12 that it was launching three consultations to receive public feedback on a number…
David Krayden: Liberal Convention Censorship Resolution Is Nothing Compared to Actual Government Policy
Commentary The recent Liberal Party convention revealed just how anxious delegates are to censor online media, but that’s nothing compared to what the federal government has planned. There was an abundance of insanity at the convention last weekend. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “woke speech,” where he demanded Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre “wake up” too and…
Brian Giesbrecht: Canada’s ‘Acceptable Views’ Internet
Commentary The CRTC is best known as the Canadian content regulator. For the last half-century or so it has seen to it that Canadian productions, like “Anne of Green Gables,” and Canadian music artists were featured with sufficient regularity. (Those of us of a certain age would joke about having Anne Murray’s “Snowbird” seared into…
Cory Morgan: CRTC Should Immediately Dismiss Activist-Based Demands to Remove Fox News
Commentary The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) used to be a regulatory body established by the federal government. As of late, the CRTC has been acting as a state censorship body. That the CRTC is even considering banning the Fox News Network from Canadian distribution due to complaints from activist groups shows just how broad…
IN-DEPTH: Who Are the 9 Cabinet-Appointed CRTC Commissioners Responsible for Implementing Bill C-11?
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez will soon issue a policy directive to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) informing its commissioners how to go about drafting regulations to implement the new legislative framework outlined in the federal government’s recently passed Online Streaming Act. Bill C-11 will bring digital streaming giants like Netflix and YouTube under the…
Peter Menzies: With Bill C-11 Now Law, What to Watch Out for to Fight Online Censorship
Commentary As of April 28, everything audio and visual on the internet is under the control of Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications regulator and its nine political appointees. It will be their job, as members of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), to make sure anything that meets the definition of “programming” (and I’m thinking…
IN-DEPTH: Now That Bill C-11 Has Passed, What Other Proposed Legislation Could Regulate Online Content?
Bill C-11—the Liberal government’s contentious legislation bringing digital streaming giants under the purview of Canada’s broadcasting regulator—passed last week amid opposition politicians decrying it as an online censorship measure. Although predicted effects of the legislation are steeped in debate, Bill C-11’s passage comes as the Liberal government works on two other proposals that could also impact…
IN-DEPTH: Bill C-11 Is Now Law—What Does It Do?
The Liberal government’s long-debated and controversial legislation aimed at regulating some aspects of online streaming and social media platforms has passed into law, more than a year since it was first introduced in the House of Commons. Bill C-11, which passed the Senate and received royal assent on April 27, amends the Broadcasting Act to…
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