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Liberals ask PM to uphold foreign ownership rules


MONTREAL – With Parliament set to resume next week, the Liberal Party is calling on Prime Minister Harper to preserve the foreign ownership rules for Canadian broadcasting companies.In an open letter that specifically references Industry Canada’s decision to overturn the CRTC’s ownership decision on Globalive, the Liberals said that any revisions to the Telecommunications Act must be debated in the House of Commons, and not “on the sly”.“Any consideration of the Telecommunications Act must be done in the open, transparently and in consultation with Canadians,” said Liberal Critic for Industry, Science and Technology, Marc Garneau, in a statement. “We must ensure that...