Are the CRTC and the CBC fair-weather friends?

Canadians know that at the start of the pandemic, the CBC and CRTC failed them. In a future crisis, what will happen if our national institutions do not hold, but rather crumble at the first sign of trouble?

Unless the federal Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault is prepared to intervene, the only recourse for Canadians over the CBC’s decision to scrap some local news will be the public hearings that the Commission will hold in January 2021 for the CBC licence renewal application, writes Sen. Percy Downe. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY SENATOR PERCY DOWNE

November 11, 2020

The notion of a global village has been driven home this year, as a worldwide pandemic has had an impact unprecedented in the living memory of Canadians. Through lockdown, gradual reopening, and further setbacks, and as concerns mount over what comes next, we have watched as countries the world over...

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