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Columnists
Matt Hatfield, Digital Freedom Update
| We cannot allow lack of access, unaffordable service, restrictive data caps or slow speeds to further marginalize Canada's most vulnerable populations during a time of social distancing. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| 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. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| 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. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| 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. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| 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! |
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David J. Climenhaga
| If the Sun News Network and commentator Ezra Levant are now rewarded for their glib and evasive apologies, they will be further empowered. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| Given the CRTC's recent history, we can't count on broadcast regulator not to agree to put the Tory back into regulatory. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| 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. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| By the sound of it, Sun News Network regretted the agreement it had made with the CRTC, and therefore decided simply to ignore it. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| 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. |
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David J. Climenhaga
| 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. |
