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‘Culture is not on the table’ in trade talks amid film tariff threats & domestic digital policy uncertainty, says Guilbeault

| 10/20/2025 1:10 pm EDT

‘Culture is not on the table’ in trade talks amid film tariff threats & domestic digital policy uncertainty, says GuilbeaultThe heritage minister is defending the Online Streaming Act amid an ongoing court challenge by international streaming companies and his government’s apparent openness to...

Key Liberal ministers and parliamentary secretaries re-elected, NDP counterparts shut out in election

| 04/29/2025 2:06 pm EDT

Key Liberal ministers and parliamentary secretaries re-elected, NDP counterparts shut out in electionThe Liberals managed to re-elect all of their key players concerned with the broadcasting and telecom sectors in the general election held Monday, Apr. 28. The Conservatives...

CBC still facing scrutiny in both chambers of Parliament

Media | 05/10/2024 5:25 pm EDT

The Wire Report’s most popular stories of 2024CBC/Radio-Canada continued to come under fire in Parliament Thursday. The...

Trudeau says Bell decision to cut jobs is “garbage”; CNOC not surprised

telecom | 02/09/2024 5:07 pm EST

Committee’s ISP tax proposal a non-starter: PMReaction has been swift and condemnatory to the announcement Thursday by...

Bloc continues fight to counteract CBC job cuts

Media | 02/02/2024 4:25 pm EST

Bloc continues fight to counteract CBC job cutsThe Bloc Québécois is continuing to protest the job cuts at CBC/Radio-Canada announced last year. For...

St-Onge refuses to say if she will fire CBC president Catherine Tait

Media | 12/11/2023 1:19 pm EST

Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-OngeCanadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge would not take the bait when the...

Blanchet says CBC cuts at worst possible time

Internet and Governance | 12/06/2023 1:48 pm EST

Blanchet says CBC cuts at worst possible timeThe Bloc Québécois is continuing its fight against cutbacks at CBC/Radio-Canada. Tuesday in Question Period, BQ leader Yves-François Blanchet said this is the worst possible time for the public broadcaster to cut jobs. The job losses were announced Monday. In his...

BQ says media is in crisis and needs immediate action

Media | 11/23/2023 8:40 am EST

ARIN asks Parliament to require ISPs to maintain Whois infoCanada’s news media are in crisis and the government is taking too long to respond, the House of...

Feds, Cogeco, Quebecor, say goodbye to Meta

Internet and Governance | 07/05/2023 5:54 pm EDT

CRTC consulting on new radio stations in Northern OntarioThe federal government, Quebecor Inc., and Cogeco Inc., are pulling all their advertising investments...

Google searches for allies in fight against news compensation bill

Internet and Governance | 10/18/2022 4:59 pm EDT

Google says online age verification difficult to implement, up to content providers not search enginesAlphabet Inc.’s Google was an island of defiance in a sea of praise for...

Next CRTC chair must be bilingual: Rodriguez

Media | 05/31/2022 6:42 pm EDT

Election 2019: watch for price caps, Netflix regs, Huawei banThe Minister of Canadian Heritage has assured the House of Commons that the next chair of the CRTC will...

Conservative attempt to reintroduce C-10 social media exclusion fails

Media | 05/31/2021 5:48 pm EDT

The federal government’s Canadian Heritage Committee is holding firm on plans to subject social media to broadcasting regulations after it voted down a proposed amendment from the Conservative Party...

On C-10, Conservatives attacking Canadian, Quebec culture: Trudeau

Media | 05/26/2021 6:51 pm EDT

Privacy commissioner hasn't approved new gov't contact tracing app“Conservatives just don’t get it” when it comes to Bill C-10,...

Heritage committee votes to limit CRTC social media regulatory powers

Media | 05/19/2021 5:52 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsThe House of Commons’ Heritage Committee resumed its work on the...

Heritage and Justice ministers to appear before CHPC to address charter concerns

Media | 05/10/2021 6:25 pm EDT

Confusion over Guilbeault remarks on BTLR online news recsThe House of Commons’ Heritage Committee is moving forward with a charter...

Libs now seek to restrict CRTC social media powers, Bloc says enough with filibustering

Media | 05/07/2021 6:39 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPsAfter saying it would address concerns around freedom of expression and the regulation of social media user content in its overhaul of the Broadcasting Act known as Bill C-10,...

Bloc pushes for web giants to support Canadian media

Media | 02/17/2021 5:10 pm EST

The Bloc Québécois is pushing the federal government to take “urgent” action to support local media by imposing new taxes on web giants such as Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc.  In the House of Commons...

LEO providers aiming to meet gov’t connectivity goals within 3 years

telecom | 11/18/2020 2:36 pm EST

Telesat Holdings Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) both said Tuesday they plan to provide broadband connectivity to remote and rural areas of Canada seven years ahead of the...