Unifor’s final submission regarding The Path Forward – Defining “Canadian program” and supporting the creation and distribution of Canadian programming in the audio-visual sector
Canadians facing an unprecedented threat to our cultural and political sovereignty. U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent threat to impose a 100% tariff on foreign-made movies is ...
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) holds a public hearing from June 18 to July 4 in Gatineau, Quebec, on working towards a sustainable Canadian broadcasting system.
Unifor tells CRTC the ‘path forward’ means protecting Canadian content
Randy Kitt, Unifor’s Director of Media appeared in front of the Heritage Committee and told the committee that C-11 must include an amendment to provide sustaining support for local news. Please click here to send a message to the committee that local news must be a priority. Unifor’s submission can be found here.
The Liberals have done it! They’ve introduced Bill C-11 to modernize the Broadcasting Act. Unifor is ready for the bill’s move to committee where we will be asking for a specific amendment to mandate the CRTC to fund local news. Click here for more information and Unifor’s position on C-11. And to send a message to have all levels of government support our amendment click here.
A Platform Bill, to compensate publishers for online content, is in the works and will likely be based on the ‘Australian Model’ Click here for Unifor’s position on the upcoming Platform Bill.