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Heritage committee to ask Guilbeault for draft policy directive for CRTC, summon Zuckerberg

Media | 02/26/2021 5:39 pm EST

MPs on the House of Commons Heritage Committee said Friday they want to see the first draft of the directions the CRTC is going to get from Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault...

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Corus separately lobbied gov’t on journalism tax credits

Media | 08/28/2019 3:31 pm EDT

Corus Entertainment Inc. registered to lobby the government to promote the eligibility of broadcasters for a new journalism tax initiative announced by the federal government late last year. The five-year, $595-million tax benefit for newspapers has irked broadcasters because it excludes them, while a report from the panel tasked with divvying up the credits noted the vulnerability of media outlets not covered by the program. The Canadian Association of Broadcasters, which includes Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc. and Corus, has been outspoken about its criticism of the decision,...

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