Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Don't expect commentator Ezra Levant to act any differently, or Sun Media to do anything more about it except issue meaningless apologies, in future.

Sun News Network's campaign for mandatory carriage was more about making it likely many more Canadians would stumble on its broadcasts than about revenue.

If you want to put an end to electoral shenanigans, you're not going to achieve that goal by voting for either of Alberta's two conservative parties.

The way they dealt with these superficially similar cases, you'd almost think the Harper Conservatives in Ottawa were the farm team, and the Wildrose Party in Alberta were the pros!

If the Sun News Network and commentator Ezra Levant are now rewarded for their glib and evasive apologies, they will be further empowered.

Given the CRTC's recent history, we can't count on broadcast regulator not to agree to put the Tory back into regulatory.

The CRTC has dropped its investigation of foul-mouthed commentator Ezra Levant's obscene on-air language last June after Sun News Network issues a vague apology and the CBSC flip-flops.

By the sound of it, Sun News Network regretted the agreement it had made with the CRTC, and therefore decided simply to ignore it.

As leaders of an organization arguably created for the benefit of its member corporations, the officers of the CBSC must have been gobsmacked by Sun News Network's response.

If we are going to have civil standards of discourse on the airwaves that are owned by all Canadians, those airwaves need to be properly regulated by the government of Canada.