Canada’s broadcasters need a fair deal to compete in new reality

Creating a more equitable system means untying Canadian broadcasters’ hands, and freeing them to adapt and compete. If we fail to do so, there will inevitably be fewer domestic voices and choices for Canadians.

Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured Feb. 3, 2020, on the Hill, is the minister responsible for the Broadcasting Act and any amendments to it, including Bill C-10, which is only at first reading in the House. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEVIN DESJARDINS

February 8, 2021

This is a critical moment for Canada’s private broadcasters, which calls for urgent legislative and regulatory change. Over the past decade, broadcasters within Canada’s regulated system have seen a historic shift. Unregulated foreign competitors moved in unabated, fragmenting our audiences and...

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