Commission calls for more CBC funding and crackdown on press freedom

A federally commissioned panel has recommended that the government should further suppress media content accessed by Canadians and provide more funding to the CBC according to Blacklock’s Reporter. 

The report called Canada’s Communications Future: Time To Act suggests that news companies should register with the government and be subject to their “codes of conduct.” 

“We recommend the Broadcasting Act be amended to ensure the CRTC can by regulation, condition of license or condition of registration impose codes of conduct.”