Michael Chong at the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee

May 28th, 2026 / 4:45 p.m.

Conservative

Michael Chong Conservative Wellington—Halton Hills North, ON

Thanks, Mr. Chair.

I want to continue with the question and give the other witnesses an opportunity to respond about authoritarian state-controlled broadcasters like CGTN, CCTV, the Iranian state-controlled broadcaster and the Russian ones.

What is the status of those state-controlled broadcasters on public airwaves—not over the Internet, but on public airwaves, broadcast airwaves—in other democracies? Could you tell us what you know about that, if anything?

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