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OTTAWA - The minority Liberal government pushed forward a key piece of its legislative agenda Friday...

The media arms on opposite sides of the political arena have requested intervention in a constitutional case filed by Lovin Malta challenging a law that allows such party stations to bypass the principle of impartiality. A provision under the Broadcasting Act, namely the proviso to Article 13, allowed the broadcasting watchdog to “close an eye” on the manner of operation of party-owned stations, considering the general output of programmes “together as a whole.” At the time when that la...

ONE and NET ask to intervene in court case against Broadcasting Authority law Political party media companies ask to intervene in constitutional case filed by Lovin Malta against the Broadcasting Authority 10 June 2021, 11:06am by Matthew Agius The court has been asked to declare a proviso of the Broadcasting Act that says content on political stations can be biased because they cancel each other out, as unconstitutional Political media houses ONE and NET have asked to intervene in a case file...

The TV stations owned by Malta’s two main political parties today formally requested to be interveners in the court case filed by Lovin Malta against a provision in the Broadcasting Act. Lovin Malta’s crowdfunded case, which requests a proviso to Article 13 of the Broadcasting Act to be declared anti-constitutional, was filed against the State Advocate. The proviso allows the Broadcasting Authority to turn a blind eye to the Constitution’s demand for impartiality in TV news. The law allow...

With just 10 scheduled sitting days left in the House of Commons before MPs take a two-month summer break from passing bills and debating in Parliament, the minority Liberals are feeling the pressure to move key legislation and are calling out the Conservatives for trying to stall proceedings.

House Leader Pablo Rodriguez said today the Liberal government is determined to pass four key pieces of legislation before summer — and it's willing to use all necessary parliamentary manoeuvres to get it over the finish line.

06/09/2021 10:00 AM EDT Welcome to Corridors. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau steps back into the real world this week after months of sticking close to home. Andy Blatchford talked to insiders about what Canada wants at the G-7 summit. Zi-Ann Lum reports on Canada’s latest reckoning. Nick Taylor-Vaisey previews the wind down of Parliament, plus we have the latest on the Canada-U.S. border. DRIVING THE WEEK President Joe Biden speaks after holding a virtual meeting with Canadian Prime Minister...

The words “charter” and “charter obligations” are prominent in Radio New Zealand’s 2019 strategy document “The Music Opportunity” which unveiled its staggering ambition to double its total audience from 600,000 people to one million ...

Bill C-10 will leave the door open for abuse of power

LETHBRIDGE HERALDtkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.comAs the contentious Heritage Committee debate continues in Ottawa surrounding the federal government's