Canadian Heritage committee  I don't like the use of the word “gatekeeper” as such. The fact is that they own their platforms. They design the materials that they are going to make available to their subscribers or viewers on the basis of how they want to market and to whom they want to market.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's really a question for Mr. Denton. I didn't serve on the CRTC.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't like to criticize a professional organization like the CRTC. It has some good people. Its processes are probably slow and bureaucratic. It is unfortunate that it has been unable to address a number of major issues that have come before it to make the decisions and get the

Canadian Heritage committee  The principal case for all federal regulation of broadcasting space is, of course, the radio reference of 1932. In that, the court relied upon the provisions of subsection 92(10) of the Constitution Act to find that, in transmitting radio waves, they necessarily exceeded provinci

Canadian Heritage committee  There are successor cases, Capital Cities, and Public Service Board versus Dionne, both of which held back the federal jurisdiction over cable undertakings, rested again on the fact that they employed radio waves. They received radio waves that came over interprovincial or intern

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, there is nothing that distinguishes Bill C-11 from Bill C-10 in terms of the constitutional issues that are raised, and there's nothing that makes Bill C-11 more constitutionally acceptable. The uncertainty that this is going to lead to is that it will hang over th

Canadian Heritage committee  Madam Chairperson and honourable members, it is an honour to be able to speak to you today and to address C-11. For more than 30 years, I was a lawyer with the Department of Justice and held a number of senior positions within that department. One of my most memorable and reward