Paul Martin appears to be embracing the paradox which holds that greater economic integration with the United States will lead to greater Canadian cultural distinctiveness.
Questions surround Hélène Scherrer, a Paul Martin loyalist with little profile in the cultural community, who was recently appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage.
Stephen Waddell, executive director of ACTRA, says federal support for domestic film and TV production must be reformed to prevent the funding system from collapse.
A list of who's in and who's out of the Liberal Cabinet.
Quebec MP, Helene Scherrer, has been appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage. The Canadian Museums Association calls the appointment "pretty good".
If the Liberals win the upcoming election, it is likely that there will be even more changes to the Liberal cabinet.
First-time cabinet minister and new Minister of Canadian Heritage Hélène Scherrer non-committal on allowing more foreign investment in Canadian broadcasting.
Sheila Copps advises her successor as Minister of Canadian Heritage to monitor the concentration of media ownership.
Sheila Copps turns down patronage appointment, and says despite not remaining in cabinet she looks forward to supporting the new prime minister as an MP.
Due to his actions while Finance Minister, the domestic film and television industry believes Paul Martin can reverse the damage caused by the previous government's withdrawal of support and the rising Canadian dollar.
Transcript of an interview conducted by The Hill Times with former Minister of Canadian Heritage Sheila Copps.
Member of Parliament Wendy Lill says the government's response to the Heritage Committee's report on the Canadian broadcasting system, Our Cultural Sovereignty, has been "underwhelming" and "patronizing" to Committee members and Canadians.
Columnist says the cabinet Paul Martin assembles this week and next will be an interim cabinet, designed to get the Liberals through an election.
Paul Martin has informed several current cabinet ministers - likely including Heritage Minister Sheila Copps - that they should prepare to move on.
The National Post speculates that Paul Martin may eliminate the Heritage Department and give responsibility for communications issues to the Industry Ministry and for cultural issues to another department or even an agency.
Paul Martin may find it difficult to balance both Western Canada's and Quebec's interests.
No more than a third of Canada's federal cabinet ministers are expected to be reappointed after Jean Chrétien's retirement.
CanWest CEO hopes a new government under the leadership of Paul Martin will open up Canada's broadcast sector to foreign ownership.
Paul Martin says the Canadian government has a role to play in the content of media and ensuring that Canadian stories are told by Canadian voices.
Canwest columnist says Sheila Copps is the author of her own political demise.
An audit of contracting practices in the Department of Canadian Heritage has reportedly uncovered sloppy paperwork, poor monitoring and other irregularities.
FRIENDS observes that Sheila Copps' eight years as Heritage Minister have been disappointing for Canada's cultural industries, in part because she lacked support in the federal Cabinet.
The former chief regulatory officer of Canada's largest telephone company has been selected to head the Canadian Competition Bureau.
Response of the Government of Canada to the report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, "Our Cultural Sovereignty".
FRIENDS awaits Heritage Canada's response to the 97 recommendations contained in the two-year, all-party House of Commons Heritage Committee report on the Canadian broadcasting system.
David Orchard condemns unite-the-right merger, which will wipe out the political party that created the CBC.
Paul Martin plans to cut funding from almost every federal government department as a means of distinguishing his government from Prime Minister Chrétien's.
Asper says McKenna "completely familiar with the company" and "a key participant" in company decisions made since 1999.
CanWest board member and former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna appointed to succeed Izzy Asper as interim chairman.
Minister of Heritage Sheila Copps seems likely to lose her Cabinet position when Paul Martin becomes Prime Minister.
Canada's Senate seeks to improve its time slots on CPAC to be on par with the House of Commons.
The Tax Act's arcane definition of 'charity' limits advocacy and freedom of expression for many non-profit organizations.
Sheila Copps' refusal to drop out of the Liberal leadership race is giving Prime Minister Chrétien a reason to stay in office.
Unwritten deal between officials and politicians has become blurred and frayed.
Estimates show Ottawa will cut $10 million in funding promised to CBC in last federal budget.
Paul Martin has reportedly tallied more than $9-million in Liberal leadership campaign contributions, more than twice the party's spending limit.
The federal government plans to introduce legislation toughening penalties and increasing border controls to combat piracy of satellite television signals.
The federal government plans to introduce legislation toughening penalties and increasing border controls to combat piracy of satellite television signals.
A Senate committee has tacked language onto a $37 billion spending bill that would roll back a regulation allowing media companies to buy more TV stations.
The Canadian Medical Association Journal is opposed to Health Canada allowing prescription drug makers to advertise, including on television.
The Canadian Medical Association Journal is opposed to Health Canada allowing prescription drug makers to advertise.
Black market satellite TV equipment vendors may be dropping a tenuous constitutional argument to have satellite television piracy declared legal.
The Federal Communications Commission's release of the final version of its media ownership rules is expected to trigger a response from Congressional lawmakers who are fighting the measures.
Liberal leadership politics may stall the lifting of telecom and cable foreign ownership limits.
After removing telecom and cable ownership limits, the government should turn its attention to broadcasting, the House of Commons Industry Committee says.
CBC producer Mark Starowicz states that like the BBC, he too would have aired a report that there was significant dissent in the British intelligence and defence community about Iraq's ability to launch a biological attack.
Paul Martin's leadership team is fashioning the next Liberal election platform with an unprecedented number of policy advisers.
Sheila Copps can show moral leadership by advising her executive assistant not to take position at Canadian Association of Broadcasters.
The Federal Communications Commission has unveiled several previously unannounced measures hidden in its new rules that could permit additional television station consolidation.
Heritage Minister Sheila Copps' executive assistant leaving his post to become Canadian Association of Broadcasters' vice-president for external and government relations is the Liberals' latest ethical mistake.
Corporations in regulated industries donated large amounts of money to the Liberal party last year.
The federal government is considering allowing pharmaceutical companies to advertise prescription drugs, including on radio and television.
Opposition MPs are calling for Heritage Minister Sheila Copps's senior aide to decline a job offer from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, which directly lobbies the Heritage department.
Opposition MPs are calling for Heritage Minister Sheila Copps's senior aide to decline a job offer from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, which directly lobbies the Heritage department.
Sheila Copps' executive assistant is joining one of the primary lobbyists of her department, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters.
Government cultural policy is oblivious to young Canadians.
The Federal Communications Commission's release of the final version of its media ownership rules is expected to trigger a response from Congressional lawmakers who are fighting the measures.
Opposition MPs are calling for Heritage Minister Sheila Copps's senior aide to decline a job offer from the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, which directly lobbies the Heritage department.
The Senate Transport and Communications Committee's study of Canadian media is one of the most ambitious of its kind. FRIENDS sees a "potential virtuous link" between the Senate study and the Heritage Committee's recent report on the Canadian broadcasting system.
Clifford Lincoln, chair of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage, says the plethora of studies released this year on the state of Canadian broadcasting demand the government's attention.
Jean Chrétien is expected to make many more patronage appointments before leaving office.
Clifford Lincoln, author of the 872-page committee report entitled Our Cultural Sovereignty, is confident his report will stand the test of time and hopes it serves as an incentive for the government to act.
Quebec cinema is booming, yet the provincial government is cutting funding for film and TV production.
A report on the Heritage Committee's 872-page study of the Canadian broadcasting system, including reactions from broadcasters and from Trina McQueen, author of a recent study on Canadian drama.
An insider-dealing scandal has engulfed many of organized labor's most powerful bosses, including president of Communications Workers of America.
David Asper hosts CanWest table at Canadian Alliance fundraiser.
Fazil Mihlar argues that rather than supporting Canadian media with taxpayers' money, the federal government should force the country's media to become more responsive to the needs of their customers.
Newspaper lobby group wants government to lift its ban on direct advertising by drug companies to consumers.
Report commissioned by the Heritage Department states that Canadian content rules in film and TV need a dramatic overhaul and should be centralized under one federal organization.
Report commissioned by the Department of Canadian Heritage recommends that the federal government create a Canadian Content Commission to rule on whether TV and film projects qualify for funding.
The Canadian Newspaper Association told a Senate committee studying the state of the Canadian news media to exempt reading material from GST and loosen restrictions on pharmaceutical advertising.
François Macerola recommends the Government offer financial incentives for productions that employ Canadians.
Media moguls are disappointed with heritage committee's recommendations for Canadian broadcasting.
Trina McQueen defended her position that broadcasters need incentives, rather than regulatory quotas, to get more Canadian drama to be produced and watched.
Transcript of the news conference by the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage announcing its report on the state of Canadian broadcasting.
Who gets what from the $12.5-million that Finance Minister John Manley agreed to "restore" to the Canadian Television Fund has yet to be decided.
Scott Feschuk argues that the federal government should give the Canadian television industry enough money to function respectably or decline to give it any money at all.
The federal government announced it is boosting its contribution to the Canadian Television Fund by $12.5-million this year.
American values have a significant lobby in Canada.
A coalition of both conservative and liberal organizations condemn a plan by the Federal Communications Commission to relax the rules that have restricted the nation's largest media conglomerates from growing bigger.
The National Audit Office will gain access to the BBC's books for the first time, signaling government support for the view that its annual licence fee income is not open to sufficient scrutiny.
A push to create one big union for CanWest Global Communications Corp.'s TV operations could mean increased costs.
Friends asks Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham to consider culture and its ambassadors, trade, democratic values in revitalizing Canadian foreign policy
Despite relatively good economic times, Ottawa is negotiating a further $1-billion cut to federal spending.
The federal government's decision to cut $25-million from the Canadian Television Fund was deliberate but its rationale remains a mystery.
An edited interview with Heritage Minister and Liberal leadership candidate Sheila Copps about federal budget priorities. No mention is made of CBC.
The production of distinctly Canadian programming may collapse if funding cut from the Canadian Television Funding is not restored, say Canadian producers, broadcasters and actors.
Heritage Minister Sheila Copps reiterates opposition to lower foreign investment restrictions for cable companies.
Extending telecom foreign investment rules to cable companies and broadcasters is based on a principle the industry itself has been rejecting.
US news coverage of the Iraq war could could influence the FCC's upcoming review of media concentration.
