The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Forum are pleased to be holding a zoom conference from 9 am ET to 4:30 pm ET… Read More »Bill C-10: The Legal Issues

The Forum submitted its intervention concerning Rogers’ application to acquire Shaw’s broadcasting services on 13 September 2021. Briefly, the Forum opposes approval of this application… Read More »FRPC intervenes in Rogers’ application to acquire Shaw’s broadcasting services

OTTAWA (21 April 2021) – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications (FRPC) today filed a Part… Read More »PIAC and FRPC ask the CRTC to stabilize funding for the Broadcasting Participation Fund

The Forum submitted comments on the CRTC’s latest commercial radio review, the 20th it is has undertaken since 1968. Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2020-374… Read More »No map and the compass is broken

The Forum filed its final submissions in the CRTC’s proceeding to renew CBC’s ‘linear’ (radio and television) licences, and to consider CBC’s request that the… Read More »CBC’s 2019 renewal applications

The CRTC regulates the approximately 720 commercial radio stations operating in Canada, under the 1991 Broadcasting Act. Since 1991 the CRTC has reviewed its policy… Read More »The CRTC’s review of commercial radio stations in Canada