Canadian Heritage Minister Bev Oda has announced that the government is commissioning a major study on the future of television and radio regulation. Oda claims that "other nations began to build the policy framework for the new digital world decades ago. Unfortunately Canada did not." It would be interesting to know which countries she has in mind.
Oda Announces Broadcast Study
June 12, 2006
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According to this Globe and Mail article
Ms. Oda owns units of Alliance Productions Ltd., a broadcasting company that works in Canada and the United States.
This seems like clear conflict of interest.