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Une exemption pour la télévision par contournement
Le temps est venu de réglementer et de taxer de manière équitable les nouveaux services médiatiques sur Internet Download 1.34 MB62 pages La présente étude…
An Over-the-Top Exemption
It’s Time to Fairly Tax and Regulate the New Internet Media Services Download 1.28 MB56 pages This study focuses on the rise of the new…
Fast Facts: What is Access to Information and does it Matter?
Under Canadian law, every citizen has the right to request information from federal, provincial/territorial, and municipal governments. Gaining access to tightly controlled government information is…
Fast Facts: Canadian publishers in jeopardy
A 2015 EKOS Research study found most Canadians see books as having strong social benefits in terms of quality of life, social cohesion and economic…
News Media and Climate Politics
Civic engagement and political efficacy in a climate of reluctant cynicism Download 1.21 MB40 pages How the news media cover climate change has a strong…
Study shows power of media to shape public response to climate change
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE FULL REPORT (Vancouver) A new study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives looks at how the public responds to…
How the Digital Privacy Act could attract copyright trolls to Canada
Canada’s system of copyright enforcement is internationally recognized as striking a good balance between the rights of artists and creators, on the one hand, and…
Hope Springs Municipal
“If you want it done right, you have to do it yourself.”
The Dirty War
The making of the myth of Black dangerousness Based on the accumulation of data, theoretical perspectives and personal narratives, The Dirty War paints a chilling…
No News is Bad News
Lack of fair labour reporting fuels the anti-union attacks Journalism was always the career I wanted, almost from the time I learned to read and…
Crucial Power Analysis Missing from Courts and the Media in Shafia Murder Case
On the surface, the Shafia murder case doesn’t look like a “political” issue at all. The horrifying killing of four innocent women by family members…
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