By David@Sixthestate.net The Council of Canadians has posted a new series of documents in relation to their robocall litigation. As you can see, they are attempting to get an affidavit from an Elections Canada investigator, and Elections Canada is attempting to avoid this. More intriguingly, though, another couple of warrants have been released in the […]
Clement leads anti-UBB forces down slippery slope
By Frank Moher So, all you digerati who are celebrating this morning because the Conservatives have told the CRTC to rescind its decision on user based internet billing, or else: do you really want the federal government calling the shots on this? The Tories especially? One can’t help but admire the campaign run by openmedia.ca […]
CanWest Idol
By Frank Moher Let’s play CanWest Idol! — in which we decide who should get to buy the bankrupt media company’s assets. The finalists for the TV operation appear to be just two: Shaw Communications and Catalyst Capital. The former is the Alberta-based cable company; the latter is the front-organization for Leonard Asper and New […]
Fixing Canadian TV the NHL way
By Frank Moher I didn’t think I had a home team in the TV broadcasters vs. TV distributors battle that has been thrust at us in recent months. Seemed like one set of mega-rich corporations pounding on another to see who’ll get to remain the fattest longest. The nut of the dispute, in case your […]
Shaw’s timing is off
By Frank Moher Once again, I find myself obliged to apologize for one of my fellow western Canadians. I used to have to do this a lot, back in the days when the Reform Party was still the Reform Party. For instance, you had your Stockwell Day believing the earth is only three weeks old, […]
