Heritage minister left in dark on Marouf tweets for a month

By Amanda OYE

CRTC chair attempts to explain cost awards granted to CMAC OTTAWA – During a meeting on C-18, the Online News Act, heritage minister Pablo Rodriguez and Ian Scott, chair of the CRTC, were also asked questions about the Community Media Advocacy Centre (CMAC) and its senior consultant Laith Marouf being awarded funding by the federal government and the CRTC. Surprisingly, Rodriguez told the committee he did not know what was going on until the media reported on it – meaning he was not clued in on the matter at any point in the month that passed by between when the...