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Letters Of This Type
The uproar over Bill C-10 has rightly focused on the government’s decision to remove safeguards for user generated content from the bill. Despite insistence... more
May 6, 2021
My new Macleans op-ed notes that government legislation tends to attract a wide range of responses. Some bills grab the spotlight and become sources of heated... more
May 4, 2021
If Bill C-10 isn’t a fireable offence, this interview should be. Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault is simply unable to respond coherently to basic... more
May 1, 2021
What—The Ottawa Senators making the playoffs this year? How’s that going to happen you might ask, after losing nine in a row early on? All season the Sens... more
By James OGrady
April 30, 2021
Days after the government removed legal safeguards designed to ensure the CRTC would not regulate user generated content as part of Bill C-10, its Broadcasting... more
April 28, 2021
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault appeared before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage last month and was asked by Liberal MP Tim Louis about... more
April 23, 2021
The Liberals led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were first elected in 2015 on a platform that emphasized transparency, consultation, and innovation. The... more
April 17, 2021
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault yesterday told the House of Commons Heritage Committee that his department would reduce the amount it allocates to... more
March 12, 2021
I have not been shy about expressing my concerns with the Bill C-10, the Broadcasting Act reform bill. From a 20 part series examining the legislation to ... more
February 10, 2021
This is the last of four posts looking at the candidates running to replace Andrew Scheer as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. The previous post... more
By RobDekker
August 2, 2020
This is the third of four posts looking into the candidates running to replace Andrew Scheer as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Last post I... more
By RobDekker
August 2, 2020
This is the second of two posts looking into the candidates running to replace Andrew Scheer as the Leader of the Conservative Party of Canada. Last post I... more
By RobDekker
August 2, 2020
I have been pondering these posts for a long time before putting fingers to the keyboard. Now that ballots have been mailed, this seems like the appropriate... more
By RobDekker
August 2, 2020
I’ll be honest, it probably would have been easier to write this blog if my criminal trial outcome was different. I prepared for the worst. This child... more
By space-coyote
July 10, 2020
