It wasn't "banned" per se, it just was never approved for broadcast by the federal regulator, due to our antiquated and parochial Canuck Content laws. "Banned" implies something more sinister, but of course many of our numerous leftists would liked it banned in the classic sense.
All this being said, it has recently been approved for inclusion in digital channel line ups. I picked up my digital cable box last weekend, and now I have Fox News. It is an unbelievable breath of fresh air, and other than sports in High Definition, nothing else has been on my TV since.
It may be a very fine semantic point, but if it is illegal to carry a channel, it is safe to say that channel has been banned.
I don't know about that. Fox News put in numerous applications to the CRTC that were all denied, I would call that banned.
Not Approved = banned. QED.