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NDP MP says gov’t must clarify if Netflix deal had any French-language funds
telecom | 04/03/2019 3:48 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Quebec NDP MP François Choquette has filed a judicial review application with the Federal Court to contest the alleged premature closing of an investigation by the...
MPs demand removal of Lac Mégantic images from Netflix
Media | 01/30/2019 3:14 pm EST
The House of Commons unanimously passed a motion Tuesday condemning Netflix Inc. for using footage of the Lac Mégantic, Que. train disaster in a TV show and a movie.
The motion, introduced by NDP heritage critic Pierre Nantel, condemns the use of the images, and demands...
New party, fresh faces on Heritage could shake up Parliament
Media | 09/14/2018 5:16 pm EDT
As politicians file back into Parliament Hill’s Centre Block for the...
Joly out at Heritage as Pablo Rodriguez named new minister
Media | 07/18/2018 5:00 pm EDT
Former chief government whip Pablo Rodriguez is the new heritage minister,...
Gov’t announces new $35M fund for cultural content exports
Media | 06/26/2018 6:49 pm EDT
MONTREAL — Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly outlined Tuesday the...
Nantel accuses Joly of holding cultural sector ‘hostage’
Media | 06/07/2018 1:23 pm EDT
NDP Heritage critic Pierre Nantel took Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to...
ISED won’t rule out using spectrum proceeds for CanCon: Bains
Media | 06/01/2018 4:47 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains and Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly had slightly different messages in response to the issue of new recommendations from the CRTC potentially increasing telecom and media service costs for Canadian consumers.
The federal...
End of 2017 saw Stingray, Birch Hill reinvigorate lobby efforts
Media | 01/17/2018 4:39 pm EST
Stingray Digital Group Inc. and Birch Hill Equity Partners ramped up their lobbying in December, with both submitting their first communications reports for the year in the last weeks of 2017....
Sidewalk Labs, civil liberties group register to lobby
Media | 01/08/2018 4:14 pm EST
Alphabet Inc.’s Sidewalk Labs kicked off the new year by registering to...
Creative Canada ‘cultural policy, not tax policy’: Joly
Media | 11/02/2017 9:39 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Opposition MPs continued their criticism of Heritage Minister...
Future reviews to determine much of DigiCanCon strategy: experts
Media | 09/28/2017 11:25 am EDT
OTTAWA — While the response to the long-awaited results of Heritage...
Telecom, broadcasting lobbying hits July lag
Media | 08/16/2017 3:41 pm EDT
July lobbying activity was affected by the expected summer slowdown that comes with Parliament not...
Cultural protection a NAFTA priority: Freeland
Media | 08/14/2017 5:00 pm EDT
Canada’s continued preservation of the provisions in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)...
Ian Scott ‘collegial’ choice for new CRTC chair: former colleagues
Media | 07/18/2017 11:49 am EDT
The choice of Ian Scott as the new chairman of the CRTC was greeted...
WGC asks Joly to reverse CRTC licence decision
Media | 06/27/2017 5:50 pm EDT
The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) has formalized its complaint against the CRTC’s recent TV licence...
U.S. NAFTA consult targets CanCon, copyright, data rules
Media | 06/27/2017 4:11 pm EDT
American companies and organizations took aim at Canadian cultural protections, the country’s copyright regime and expressed concern over any potential rules requiring domestic storage of data, when given the chance to provide feedback to their government on priorities to...
Wawatay seeking appeal of Aboriginal radio licence decision
Media | 06/21/2017 5:04 pm EDT
OTTAWA — Wawatay Native Communications Society will ask for an appeal of...
CBC, CRTC still viewed as keepers of Canadian identity: study
Media | 06/12/2017 3:04 pm EDT
Canadians rely heaviest on CBC/Radio-Canada and the CRTC to protect...
Joly notes creator ‘anxiety’ over CRTC licence renewal decision
Media | 06/09/2017 4:52 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly acknowledged the “anxiety” members of...
Joly ‘studying’ CRTC licence decision after criticism
Media | 05/30/2017 1:36 pm EDT
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly told a parliamentary...
Joly could reconsider OTT regs over Quebec: Desjardins
Media | 05/23/2017 2:27 pm EDT
Pressure from Quebec could lead Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to consider imposing taxes on foreign over-the-top (OTT) services, according to Desjardins Capital Markets analyst Maher Yaghi. Yaghi drew on a May 3 column in Le Devoir by NDP MP and heritage critic Pierre Nantel, who argued that choosing not to tax foreign online players, such as Netflix Inc. and Facebook Inc., will have a harmful effect on Quebec culture, as more people migrate to those platforms and with them go revenues that contribute to Quebec production funds. “Potential anger resulting from the absence of...
Cultural exemptions at risk in NAFTA renegotiations: Nantel
Media | 05/04/2017 8:42 pm EDT
NDP heritage critic Pierre Nantel is raising the alarm that cultural protection could be on the chopping block if a wholesale renegotiation of the country’s trade agreement with the United States and Mexico occurs, and is asking the heritage minister to take a stand. In an opinion piece published in French-language...
Facebook beefs up lobbying squad
Media | 03/21/2017 3:04 pm EDT
Facebook Inc. is increasing its government relations presence in Ottawa, with three new registrations filed with the lobbying commissioner’s office last month. According to the federal lobbyists’...
Joly says Canada leading international ‘conversation’ on OTT
Media | 02/06/2017 5:03 pm EST
Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is leading the charge in pushing for the presence of “cultural diversity,” or domestic content, on foreign digital platforms like the over-the-top (OTT) service provided by Netflix Inc. — despite other countries already having regulations and tax...
NDP’s Nantel digging for CanCon consult details
telecom | 09/28/2016 7:27 pm EDT
The department of Canadian Heritage will have to disclose who sat down with Minister Mélanie Joly as she fleshed out the consultation plan for her Canadian content review, following a query by NDP MP Pierre Nantel....
New CBC board appointment process coming: Joly
Media | 09/22/2016 3:25 pm EDT
The federal government will unveil a new consultation process for appointing members to the CBC/Radio-Canada board of directors “in the next few weeks,” Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly...
Joly non-committal on $150M in extra funding for CBC
Media | 02/02/2016 10:08 pm EST
Heritage Minister Melanie Joly is refusing to specify that the CBC will receive the $150 million in extra funding the Liberal government promised during last year’s election, despite receiving questions on the subject from...
Government blamed for CRTC predicament on Netflix
Media | 09/29/2014 2:49 pm EDT
The federal government’s pursuit of a consumer-driven broadcasting policy instead of a more comprehensive digital strategy has left the CRTC in a difficult position when it comes to regulating Internet video services, says...