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		<title>Stop Playing Politics with the CBC</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the CBC facing a $65 million revenue shortfall, the federal government shows no signs of offering a lifeline – and that has me both worried about the fate of the CBC and disappointed in the Canadian government. According to CBC president Hubert Lacroix, the corporation is facing the shortfall due to decreased advertising revenues [...]


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		<title>Finally, the CRTC Gets it Right … Well, Sort Of!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve always been sceptical of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the government agency in charge of regulating broadcasting and telecommunications. After all, it seems to be staffed by a group of public servants who are guided by the “let the market decide” mantra, as opposed to their legislated responsibility to create and sustain [...]


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		<title>Heading Non-Stop to the Land of No CanCon</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced that it is considering a change to the scope of the upcoming television broadcast license hearings scheduled for April 2009. Under the current Broadcasting Act, 1991, the CRTC can grant broadcast licenses for up to 7 years. There is also an option to grant licenses for [...]


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		<title>A Missed Chance to Fix EI</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Hercules</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the near-death experience for the Harper Conservatives in November, I expected Prime Minister Harper and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to table a budget that would be responsive to growing concerns about the state of the Canadian economy. And I admit, many of the budget leaks leading up to the official announcement made it seem [...]


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