ANALYSIS: CTF is "Dead. Done. Gone."

IT'S STARTING TO LOOK like this year could be the final one for the Canadian Television Fund in its current form. With two of its four largest contributors (#1 Shaw Communications and #4 Videotron) adamant that they will forward $0 to the CTF – and with a Heritage Minister in Bev Oda who may be sympathetic towards their complaints – at the very least, upheaval is a certainty. Oda, who on Monday renewed her government's $100 million annual commitment to the fund, met with representatives of the four primary private sector contributors: Rogers Communications' vice-chair Phil Lind, Bell Video president...