Canadian Perspectives
Rod Schween OP-ED: Radio doesn’t have the luxury of waiting for regulatory reform
A year ago, I appeared before the CRTC as part of its "Path Forward" hearing. Like many, I arrived with cautious optimism. The Commission...
OP-ED: A New Parliamentary Session — and a Critical Fall for Canadian Broadcasting
Submitted by Kevin Desjardins, President and CEO, Canadian Association of Broadcasters
As Parliament returns this fall, Canada’s political conversation looks considerably different than it did...
OP-ED: Numeris Radio Local+ launch raises key data integrity questions
Radio currently faces a variety of serious challenges. In terms of tuning, things remain quite positive for the medium. Radio continues to boast an...
WABE 2026: A Sneak Peek of What’s Coming
It is hard to believe September is already here, and we are about to hit the one month mark to the 76th edition of...
Brad Danks on Canadian content funding and the future of media policy: Q&A
Brad Danks is the CEO of OUTtv Media Global and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Victoria.
Danks is a frequent...
OP-ED: The CRTC Wrote Three Rules in 2026 and Enforced None of Them
Three separate fights, three separate parts of the CRTC’s mandate, all opened the same way in the same few months: a rule gets written,...
OP-ED: What 20 Years Taught Me About Independent Broadcasting
Exactly 20 years ago, I spent the summer of 2006 contemplating starting my own radio company. The photo above was taken when I hand-delivered...
OP-ED: What the Rogers Radio Station Closures Really Tell Us
Submitted by Paul Larsen, Strategic Media Advisor and former Founder and President of Clear Sky Radio
It's been two weeks since Rogers Sports & Media...
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T.O. Webfest 2026
T.O. Webfest, Canada’s premier festival for short-form online series and podcasts, returns for its 13th annual edition from Sept. 29 - 30 at Novotel...
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