Holly Doan
@hollyanndoan
Publisher/Owner, Blacklock's Reporter @mindingottawa. All-original online journalism. Defends creator copyright. Refuses subsidies.
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http://www.blacklocks.ca 07-09-2012 17:49:47
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I spoke with Colin Craig from SecondStreet.org & Peter Shawn Taylor C2C Journal about survey numbers on trust in #cdnmedia (to be broadcast later). Replies on Blacklock’s post about #BellMedia CEO testimony at Commons committee illustrate. Pascale St-Onge News Media Canada | Médias d'Info Canada
Canada Infrastructure Bank Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) “has really hit its stride,” bank’s $600K/year CEO Ehren Cory tells Commons committee. Bank execs received bonus last year worth total $1,224,457, equivalent of $204K per senior manager. blacklocks.ca/ceo-defending-… #cdnpoli
Business & farm groups ask MPs to repeal or rewrite Bill #C58 .
“A replacement worker ban gives very small bargaining units in large organizations an ability to shut down the entire organization.”
— Derrick Hynes FETCO Canada
blacklocks.ca/fear-labour-bi… Canadian Labour #cdnpoli
“I come from East of Gatineau
My name is Jean-Guy, ma jolie
J'ai une maison à Lafontaine
Where we can live, if you marry me…”
Fans of writer/producer Daniel Lanois in Ville de Gatineau cheer that sweet/sad song with their city’s name.
“Police think they have the answer…background security checks on anybody anywhere working at any federal port. They see organized crime.”
PODCAST: Canada Border Services Agency admits it has no idea how many stolen vehicles shipped through Port Of Montreal
omny.fm/shows/newstalk… Public Safety Canada
Following Justin Trudeau testimony Foreign Interference Commission, this is the “he doesn’t read his briefing notes” speech at #CSFN24 . #cdnpoli
On #cdnmedia subsidies at #CSFN24 …
“Don’t trust the Conservatives to release the levers of power now at their disposal.”
— David Freiheit Viva Frei
Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre Canadian Heritage #cdnpoli
C-18, the Online News Act, “preserves #cdnmedia organizations not viable on their own…government doesn’t understand why media is failing…they’ve strung along zombie corporations a little bit longer.”
— Jen Gerson The Line
Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge #cdnpoli #CSFN24
Professor Michael Geist at #CSFN24 advocates for #cdnmedia “needed to hold government to account” and yet has opposed accountability media efforts to protect the paywall business model.
From the archives, unlocked: blacklocks.ca/secret-emails-… Jen Gerson Viva Frei
PM Justin Trudeau testifies it “wasn’t appropriate” to expel Han Dong from Liberal caucus though he was under security surveillance. Trudeau says he assumed Elections Canada would determine whether the MP had contacts with foreign agents. blacklocks.ca/inappropriate-… #cdnpoli