Resources
News Releases:
October 8, 2008 - National Ad Campaign - Vote to keep our media Canadian
A national advertising campaign starting today urges voters to support candidates who are in favour of maintaining domestic ownership and control of Canadian broadcasting and communications companies.
December 21, 2007 - CRTC foreign ownership ruling bad news for Canada
Canada's largest media union is consulting lawyers to explore avenues of appeal of the CRTC CanWest/Alliance deal.
December 20, 2007 - ACTRA ALARMED BY CRTC FOREIGN OWNERSHIP DECISION
ACTRA is alarmed by the CRTC's decision to approve CanWest Global's purchase of Alliance Atlantis Communications.
December 5, 2007 - National security & cultural sovereignty trump foreign ownership of Canadian media - Keep it Canadian
Poll
results show that most voters believe broadcasting and communications
are too important to national security and cultural sovereignty to
allow foreign control of Canadian media companies.
Public Opinion Polls:
December 5, 2007 - Foreign Ownership of Canadian Media and Communications
Poll
results show allowing foreign interests to control Canadian media and
telecom companies may be a poor strategy for Conservative growth.
MultiMedia:
October 8, 2008 - Advertisement - KeepitCanadian.net National Ad Campaign
The Keep it Canadian ad campaign targets voters in battleground ridings across the country.
March 7 , 2007 - Public Event - Keep it Canadian Vancouver Quadra candidates meeting
Listen to the audio of the Keep it Canadian event in Vancouver.
March 7, 2008 - Photos - Keep it Canadian Vancouver Quadra candidates meeting
Photos from
Vancouver Quadra candidates meeting on Canadian culture and broadcasting
December 31, 2007 - Podcast - Calgary Keep it Canadian Event
Video presentation of an event in Calgary, AB on Dec 5, 2007 to keep the ownership of Canadian media in Canadian hands.
December 5, 2007 - Interview - Business News Network, Squeeze Play
Ian Morrison, FRIENDS spokesperson, speaks to hosts
Amanda Lang and Kevin O'Leary about foreign ownership of Canadian media companies.
Media Monitor:
Search for news stories on Foreign Ownership and other media issues using the Media Monitor - a service of the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.
www.friends.ca/Media_Monitor/
