| reply to canuck999999
Re: Funny It will not go to Parliament. Don't you have civics classes in Manitoba?
By law, these decisions are delegated to the CRTC. This administrative tribunal would call for position papers from the public, hold hearings wait for a while before deciding something. The members of the Council have been known in the past to rule against incumbent companies, and can be convinced, if a good argument coming from the population, is made. The council also reacts favorably to arguments protecting the Canadian industry against percieved or real threats from abroad (the satellite grey market, Canadian content quotas on the radio, rules forcing cable operators to simulcast a Canadian channel when a domestic and US channel are broadcasting a US-network show, etc.)
Of course, the decision can be overturned or suspended by the Governor-in-Council (the Cabinet in popular parlance), but this seldom happens. Then, it can go to the Federal Court first, then the losing party can appeal to the Supreme Court. |
| Of course we do, that doesn't mean I took any though, or maybe I took them and forgot, it has been a while since I have been in a classroom. |
