COMMENTARY: CBC missed golden opportunity with incomplete Rio games coverage

By Aldo Di Felice

CBC'S OLYMPIC COVERAGE this month is a good starting point for a wider discussion about Canadian broadcasting in our multicultural country.If we want to be consumer-centric in our approach to regulating the broadcast system, and multiculturalism is one priority pillar of the system, then it stands to reason that all Canadians would be better served if program rights holders were prohibited from squatting on unexploited multilingual rights – especially in the case of major global events.This past month, Canada missed a great opportunity to use this global unifying event to assist in the never ending effort to promote the cross...