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The Minister of Canadian Heritage’s Mandate Letter, published on December 13, 2019, contained a commitment for the Minister to work with the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry to introduce legislation by the end of 2020, ensuring that all content providers support Canadian content. The external panel charged with reviewing the Broadcasting Act and Telecommunications Act released its final report including its 97 recommendations on January 29, 2020.
The Minister of Canadian Heritage’s Mandate Letter, published on December 13, 2019, contained a commitment for the Minister to work with the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry to introduce legislation by the end of 2020, ensuring that all content providers support Canadian content. The external panel charged with reviewing the Broadcasting Act and Telecommunications Act released its final report including its 97 recommendations on January 29, 2020. The panel recommended that the existing licensing regime in the Broadcasting Act be accompanied by a registration regime that would require a person carrying on a media content undertaking by means of the Internet to register unless otherwise exempt.
With the release of the final report of the Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review panel on January 29, 2020, and the upcoming public hearings on CBC/Radio-Canada’s licence-renewal applications set to begin May 25, 2020, it is expected that questions about the future mandate and role of the national public broadcaster will receive considerable public attention in the coming months.
Some broadcasters and news providers have already singled out CBC/Radio-Canada as a major competitor whose ability to run advertising against publicly subsidized free content constitutes an unfair economic advantage. Others have argued that the Corporation has strayed from its mandate by offering programming that is increasingly similar to that provided by the commercial element.
What is the Government doing to help address the issue of increased grain drying costs and the associated carbon tax?
What is the Government doing to maintain mission critical computer systems on which Canadians depend for benefits and services?
Update on the Quebec Bridge restoration.
What is the government doing to support beef producers impacted by the cancellation of licenses at Ryding Regency Meat Packers facilities?
What happens when the annuitant of a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF) dies?
Child Care