The CRTC’s 1998 Commercial Radio Policy and 1999 Policy Framework for Canadian Television are examples of the low priority placed on news and information programming.

J. whereas democracy has been weakened in Russia, in particular by the bringing of all major TV stations and most radio stations under government control, the spread of self-censorship among the print media, new restrictions on the right to organise public demonstrations, the worsening climate for NGOs, harassment of human rights activists, killings of prominent opponents of the Russian Government and increased political control of the judiciary, while serious human rights violations in the form of murder, enforced disappearance, torture, hostage-taking and arbitrary detention ...[+++] are still going on in the Chechen Republic,

L. whereas in recent years democracy has been continuing to deteriorate in Russia, in particular owing to increased government control over major TV stations and most radio stations, the spread of self-censorship among the print media, the closure of independent media, restrictions on the right to organise public demonstrations, a worsening climate for NGOs, harassment of human rights activists, killings of prominent opponents of the Russian Government and increased political control of the judiciary, as exemplified by the Yukos case and the trials of Mr Khodorkovsky and Mr Lebedev, while serious human rights violations in the form of m ...[+++]urder, enforced disappearance, torture, hostage-taking and arbitrary detention are still occurring in the Chechen Republic,

I have absolute conviction that any newspaper created to fulfil a public policy of national accessibility, like the CBC, would easily cost more than the CBC.

In the past year, the NCRA, ARC du Canada, and ARC du Québec participated jointly in the CRTC campus and community radio policy review.

In fact, the CRTC is responsible for determining whether Radio-Canada's policies and programs meet its obligations under the licence that it was granted.