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Marla Boltman to head up Friends

Media | 02/02/2022 12:19 pm EST

Marla Boltman to head up Friends

Friends, formerly known as Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, announced Wednesday that Marla Boltman has been appointed as executive director and spokesperson, replacing Daniel Bernhard. Bernhard left the organization shortly after the 2021 election. “With the imminent arrival of key pieces of legislation, Boltman will serve as a powerful advocate for Canadian voices at a critical time for the country’s cultural media policy,” Friends wrote in its press release. Boltman will continue to engage Ottawa on...

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Conservatives oppose C-10; watchdog Friends says criticism of exemption removal ‘overblown’

Media | 04/27/2021 2:56 pm EDT

Conservatives oppose C-10; watchdog Friends says criticism of exemption removal 'overblown'

The Conservatives “continue to oppose” Bill C-10, the revision of the Broadcasting Act, saying in a Monday statement that “Liberals are targeting ordinary Canadians,”...

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Local news funding needed in C-10: Bell

Media | 03/22/2021 6:07 pm EDT

Local news funding needed in C-10: Bell

As the House of Commons Heritage committee hearings on the government's proposed update to the...

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Bill C-10 only a ‘temporary approach’ to regulating online services: Friends

Media | 02/05/2021 5:39 pm EST

Bill C-10 only a ‘temporary approach’ to regulating online services: Friends

In a preliminary study on the government's overhaul of the Broadcasting Act...

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Advocates call for end to digital media exemptions for CBC

Media | 01/18/2021 5:40 pm EST

Senate committee to look into issue of tax on foreign ads

The advocacy group Friends of Canadian Broadcasting has called on the CRTC...

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Google $1B news initiative won’t stop new legislation, gov’t says

Media | 10/01/2020 7:34 pm EDT

Gov’t to introduce web giant, CanCon, news legislation in fall: Guilbeault

An announcement Thursday from Alphabet Inc.'s Google that it would put...

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Broadcasting sector reacts to O’Toole victory

Media | 08/24/2020 6:19 pm EDT

Broadcasting sector reacts to O'Toole victory

The election of Erin O'Toole as federal opposition leader late Sunday night makes "the threat of CBC privatization more real," according to Friends of Canadian Broadcasting executive director Daniel Bernhard. During his campaign for the Conservative party leadership,...

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CBC suspends local newscasts during COVID-19 pandemic

Media | 03/19/2020 4:28 pm EDT

CBC/Radio-Canada has temporarily suspended its English-language local TV newscasts in all locations bar the North, as it opts to consolidate programming into one national news program during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a...

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Canadians want more money for CBC, don’t trust OTTs to support CanCon: Poll

Media | 05/13/2019 5:18 pm EDT

Almost 60 per cent of Canadians have “low trust and confidence” in Netflix Inc. to “protect Canadian culture and identity on television”; half of Canadians don't trust cable companies to do...

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