COMMENTARY: Public media is an essential public good

By Glenn O’Farrell, former media executive of Groupe Média TFO, Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Global Television, and TVA “It’s time to take back the internet,” a recent ad proclaimed. It ended with an invitation: “So forget the noise. Let’s build the internet we want—not the one we inherited.” Its purpose was to promote a book, Read Write Own, by Chris Dixon, the internet entrepreneur and investor. Dixon’s book is about breaking away from the digital monopolists that dominate today. As Ottawa ponders the future of CBC/Radio-Canada, where will innovation figure in the plans? Hopefully, innovation will become the driving force...