Bill C-10: Independents fear lack of regs over IPTV

By Denis Carmel OTTAWA – Bill C-10 passed second reading unanimously last Tuesday and was officially referred to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage for study, which of course, has already begun. The prior two meetings on the bill to amend the Broadcasting Act were, for all intents and purposes, labelled a pre-study of the legislation, in order to get a heard start hearing witnesses before the bill was approved in second reading. So, officially, the meeting last Friday was the first meeting to officially look at the legislation. However, the committee chair informed members and witnesses at the start...