"Sneering" comments referencing homosexuals violated broadcast code

OTTAWA – Radio host Louis Champagne’s “disparaging” comments about homosexuals contravene the Human Rights Clause of the CAB’s Code of Ethics, the CBSC ruled this week. The remarks occurred during the morning show Champagne pour tout le monde broadcast on CKRS-AM (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) back on February 19, 2007. Champagne conducted an interview with a Parti Québécois representative, and while questioning the party’s support in the local listening area, asked whether a party with an openly gay leader and other homosexual candidates would fare well in the region. Referring to the blue collar workers in the region, Champagne questioned , but totally...