Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review report is a threat to freedom of speech

We do not need more governmental control of speech. If you see a disconnect between the stated problems and the proposed solutions, you are not alone.

Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured on Nov. 20, 2019, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa shortly before being sworn into cabinet, is the federal minister responsible for the CRTC. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TIMOTHY DENTON

February 24, 2020

The apologists for Canadian broadcasting have a habit of saying that “it won’t hurt a bit” and “it won’t cost very much." The opinion column “No need to cry foul over broadcast ...

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