Post Tagged with: "canadian heritage"

Culture.ca Shutting Down

A reader notes that Canadian Heritage is shutting down the culture.ca portal, stating that search engine improvements have overtaken the need for the site.

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April 30, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Canadian Heritage Minister Appears Before Committee on C-10

Canadian Heritage Minister Josee Verner appeared yesterday before a Senate committee on C-10, acknowledging that there are only two films (which she could not name) that would not have received funding over the past five years under the proposed plan to grant her discretion to deny tax credits for "offensive" […]

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April 3, 2008 Comments are Disabled News

Bill C-10 and the Non-Existent Problem

When I posted my comments on Bill C-10 last week, I noted that Canadian Heritage Minister Josee Verner "says this will 'affect a very small number of the over 1000 productions that receive tax credits annually.'  Can she name these productions?."  The Toronto Star's Peter Howell has the answer – […]

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March 10, 2008 8 comments News

Canadian Heritage Committee Report Raises Net Neutrality

The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage released its much anticipated report on CBC and public broadcasting.  While the immediate attention is understandably on the funding-related recommendations, the report features several pages on network neutrality.  The Committee notes that: Network non-neutrality could have significant consequences for CBC/Radio-Canada since it is not […]

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February 28, 2008 2 comments News

McMurdy on Verner’s CAB Speech

Dierdre McMurdy covers Canadian Heritage Minister Josee Verner's speech yesterday to the CAB, noting that new fees for over-the-air television is a longshot and that a new copyright bill is about six weeks away.

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November 7, 2007 2 comments News