The CRTC upheld a “paternalistic” stance toward the community television sector in its new regulatory policy released Thursday, Catherine Edwards, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS), said in an interview.

“They [the commission] completely ignored the request by just about every community intervener at the hearing that these channels should finally be in community hands,” Edwards told The Wire Report.

During a CRTC hearing to develop a new community television policy last April, CACTUS proposed to establish 250 community-run production facilities across Canada, which would draw on a cable company levy to produce community television and multimedia programming.

Contact Ryan O'Neill at 613-232-5952 ext. 222 or roneill@thewirereport.ca
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