Foreign ownership in Canada's telecommunications sector
Mar 3, 2010
Source: CBC The National
FRIENDS warns that generations of hard work to maintain our cultural sovereignty through Canadian ownership and control of broadcasting could be thrown into jeopardy if foreign ownership rules are changed.
Mar 3, 2010 — News Release: Foreign ownership a threat to Canadian culture FRIENDS
says the Harper government's Throne Speech commitment to open the
telecommunications and satellite industries to foreign ownership
threatens Canadian culture and tilts the playing field against Canadian
broadcasters.
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