CRTC dismisses politician's complaint against Rogers TV

OTTAWA – The CRTC has found in favour of Rogers Cable Communications over a complaint from a political candidate regarding an election debate program broadcast on its community channel Rogers TV. The Commission received a complaint from John Turmel on September 24, 2007, who, at that time, was a political candidate in the riding of Brant, ON. Brant is a mostly rural municipality located approximately 100 kilometres southwest of Toronto. Rogers TV taped a program involving a debate between six candidates in the riding of Brant, one of whom was Turmel, on September 18, 2007. The program was to be broadcast a...