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Canadian
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Mandate
CRTC Mandate
Broadcasting Policy
Regulatory Policy
Ownership of the Canadian Broadcasting
System
Reflecting Our Canadian Values
CBC
Societal Issues
CPAC
Reflecting Canadians to Canadians
Community Based Media
Linguistic Duality
Cultural
Diversity
The Aboriginals
Support for Canadian Talent
CRTC Mandate
Canada's Broadcasting Act
(the Act) sets out the policy objectives for the Canadian broadcasting
system. The CRTC regulates and supervises the Canadian broadcasting
system to ensure the objectives of the Act are met.
Broadcasting Policy Objectives
Section 3(1) of the Act declares the broadcasting policy objectives
for Canada. Canadian content, its development and availability to
Canadians, is the underlying principle of the policy.
Regulatory Policy Objectives
Section 5 of the Act sets out the manner in which the CRTC should
regulate and supervise the Canadian broadcasting system. It is
supplemental to the broadcasting policy objectives.
Reflecting Our Canadian Values
Canadian attitudes, opinions, ideas, values and artistic creativity
are shaped by our history and geography, our institutions and our
linguistic and cultural diversity. They're part of our shared
experience and our Canadian identity.
The Broadcasting Act (Section 3.1 (d)(ii)) recognizes this
and declares that the Canadian broadcasting system should encourage the
development of Canadian expression by:
- providing a wide range of programming that reflects Canadian
attitudes, opinions, ideas, values and artistic creativity;
- displaying Canadian talent in entertainment programming; and
- offering information and analysis concerning Canada and other
countries from a Canadian point of view.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
The policy objectives set out in Canada's Broadcasting
Act identify the CBC as the national public broadcaster and
Sections 3.1(l) - (n) outline its special role and objectives for
informing, enlightening and entertaining Canadians.
CRTC decisions that renew the CBC's network broadcasting licences
address the Corporation's performance in meeting the objectives of the
Act.
Decision
CRTC 2001-1
Decision CRTC
2001-2
Decision CRTC 2001-3
Societal Issues
Through its public processes, the CRTC has established policies to
ensure that Canadian values are reflected throughout the broadcasting
system:
Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC)
Access to the proceedings of the House of Commons and its various
committees is important to Canadians. CRTC policies ensure that
proceedings on CPAC are available, in both official languages, to most
cable and satellite subscribers across the country. Read Public Notice CRTC
2001-115 for details.
Reflecting Canadians to Canadians
As much as they contribute to shaping our common values, our
history, geography, our linguistic and cultural diversity also make
Canadians different from one other. Differences exist within
communities and from region to region across the country.
Canada's Broadcasting Act (Section 3.1 (d)(iii)) recognizes
these differences and declares that the Canadian broadcasting system
should, through its programming and the employment opportunities
arising out of its operations, serve the needs and interests, and
reflect the circumstances and aspirations, of:
- Canadian men, women and children, including equal rights,
- the linguistic duality and multicultural and multiracial nature
of Canadian society, and
- the special place of aboriginal people within that society.
Community Based Media
Policies for the community channel, community radio and community
television have evolved over three decades. In October
2002, the CRTC announced a new policy on community-based media. The
new framework replaces the existing policies for the community channel.
It addresses such things as:
- definition of local programming;
- citizen access and training;
- advertising and sponsorship;
- licensing and ownership;
- limitations on self-promotion.
The CRTC addresses local reflection by conventional
television broadcasters in its Television
Policy.
Linguistic Duality
Policy objectives for broadcasting services in both official
languages are clearly set out in three separate clauses of Canada's Broadcasting
Act:
- the Canadian broadcasting system, operating primarily in the
English and French languages and comprising public, private and
community elements, makes use of radio frequencies that are public
property and provides, through its programming, a public service
essential to the maintenance and enhancement of national identity
and cultural sovereignty (Section 3.1 (b));
- English and French language broadcasting, while sharing common
aspects, operate under different conditions and may have different
requirements (Section 3.1 (c));
- Section 3.1 (d).
CRTC policies respecting the linguistic duality of the
Canadian broadcasting system are outlined in the following documents:
The Aboriginal Peoples
Canada's Broadcasting Act declares that the broadcasting
system must, through its programming and employment opportunities,
recognize the special place of aboriginal peoples within Canadian
society. (Section 3.1 (d) (iii)).
The CRTC's Native
Broadcasting Policy identifies the specific role of aboriginal
broadcasters.
Consistent with the Act, the CRTC licensed the Aboriginal
Peoples Television Network (APTN) in 1999 as a positive window on
aboriginal life for all Canadians. At the same time, the CRTC ensured
that the service would be available
to all Canadians.
Support for Canadian Talent
Simply put, Canadian content is about Canadian artists having access
to Canadian airwaves. CRTC broadcasting policies and regulations
support all Canadian talent that contributes to the Canadian
broadcasting system. Policies and regulations support the artists
themselves as well as the industries behind them.
For details read Radio's Support for Canadian
Talent and Television's Support for
Canadian Talent.
Date Modified: 2003-04-23
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