CBC Licences Renewal: How bold will the CRTC be?

Can the Commission regulate the CBC’s digital activities? By Denis Carmel GATINEAU – Monday will mark the beginning of the renewal hearing of the CBC/Radio-Canada broadcasting licences, which was originally scheduled to start on May 25, 2020. The original deadline for interventions (after the CBC received an administrative renewal in August 2019) was February 13, 2020, later moved to February 20, after putting on the public record a report the CRTC had commissioned: Harnessing public broadcasting for Canadians in the digital age: International benchmark study for the CRTC. Finally, in June 2020, the hearing date was set and announced to...