ACTRA condemns Competition Policy Review Panel report

TORONTO – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) on Friday joined the CEP in denouncing a recent report’s recommendations calling for a liberalization of foreign investment restrictions in the telecommunications and broadcasting industries. The recommendations were made by the Competition Policy Review Panel in its report Compete to Win, which was released Thursday. “Compete to Win is a race to the bottom that proposes to sell Canada to the highest bidder. Our cultural sector needs to be protected, not sold out to foreign interests. The review panel clearly is only interested in the bottom line and...