Posted on 10/11/2004 4:57:06 AM PDT by Clive
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It's interesting that they don't have freedom of speech in Canada.
Communism has taken deep root in Canada, it has invaded America and IT truely is the war we face today.
Communism has taken deep root in Canada, it has invaded America and IT truely is the war we face today.
Canadian broadcast laws require 50 percent canadian content on every channel so Fox can't be broadcasted. American cable channels can't be broadcasted. The Canadian population is held hostage and doesn't know the extent of the censorship they are enduring.
Violates NAFTA.
Just have Fox include re-runs of Bob & Doug McKenzie's Great White North every half hour.
"Take off!" "No, you take off!"
Canadians already get CNN and AJ. Cable channels do not broadcast, they are a closed feed, and perhaps may not be forced to meet the same requirements as network broadcasts.
I am not sure how Canadian law differentiates, but I do know that the FCC has different sets of guidelines for both.
It's a violation of both GATT and NAFTA for the Canadian government to discriminate against American companies. The US should take them in front of the WTO.
Fox News ... bring it on!
..."Since Fox regularly beats CNN in the ratings, you can guess what it will do to the CBC, already hardly watched by anyone except its fawning Lib-Left adherents."
The "fawning Lib-Left adherents" amount to about 80% of the population of Canuckistan. We've seen what the Canucks are made of, considering the manner in which they re-elected the Liberals and Martin, regardless of having common knowledge of this party's scandals and cowardice. Watching Fox News wouldn't have given them any more information then they already had. Broadcasting Fox News there won't matter a whit. Canucks are irredeemable.
God Save Australia!
F**k Canuckistan!
Agreed.
I put in my support for Fox's application through the CRTC website.
Where a US network and a Canadian one are running the same program at the same time, the cable company must take its feed from the Canadian network.
Al Jazeera is allowed to run but the cable companies have to have a time-delay and monitor it to remove abusive content, a condition which has never before been attached to a licence. This condition would make the Canadian cable carrier responsible and liable for Al Jazeera's content. As a result, the Canadian cable companies are refusing to run Al Jazeera.
Canadian content rules apply to Canadian stations and networks, not to US stations or networks.
FoxNews will bring down the Liberal government in Canada.
BRING IT ON!
Buy a DTV satellite dish in the U.S., register the receiver from a U.S. address and set up a direct pay account from a bank. The dish will work anywhere near the U.S. (with a view of the southern sky) - which is 95% of Canada by population. It might even work in Edmonton.
There are probably laws against this but I doubt they are enforced. And the initial outlay is minimal since DTV is running promotions. Plus you get loads more channels.
No, there is a specific exemption in NAFTA for Canadian culture. It is also illegal for an American to run a bookstore or book distribution company in Canada as well (probably not enforced, but on the books).
Sounds like Nafta is a one way street. How about GATT? Does it violate GATT?
Man, you sound really tough!
Are you aware that Americans re-elected Bill Clinton?
Even slightly aware?
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