Kory Teneycke

Let us for a moment play devil’s advocate and imagine there really is some merit to the idea of Harper Derangement Syndrome and then see where that takes us.

Do we really want to elect a political party to the important job of running our country that needs to hire bouncers for its own invitation-only affairs?

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.

Did the PMO call Sun News and instruct the semi-official state broadcaster to pull the plug on the embarrassing spectacle?

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

The CRTC could make us all pay for American-style right-wing media as part of our cable packages -- unless we stop them.

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

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.