Heritage Committee launches CBC review: report

OTTAWA – Parliament's Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has decided it won't wait for the federal government to take the lead on an official review of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. On Monday, according to a CBC.ca story, the committee – led by NDP Heritage critic and committee member Charlie Angus – passed a motion to review Canada's public broadcaster. Through much of the summer of 2006, much speculation bounced around that Heritage Minister Bev Oda would initiate such a review herself, but that didn't materialize. Click here for the full story.