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TV stars and workers organizing rally to pressure government on culture


TORONTO – Canadian star R.H. Thomson (The Englishman’s Boy, October 1970) and labour activists from the CLC Media Caucus will hold a news conference at the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) Convention on May 26 at 1 p.m. to call on the government to take action on culture. Specifically, the group will be pressuring the government to do away with the censorship provisions of Bill C-10, solidify foreign ownership limits on media companies, put a halt to further media convergence, fix the crisis in Canadian TV drama, and restore local news. These topics are expected to be the focus of the...