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ARTICLE · 31 JANUARY 2020

Broadcasting And Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel: "Time To Act"

The Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel (BTLR) was tasked in 2018 by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and the Minister of Canadian Heritage

CanadaMedia, Telecoms, IT, Entertainment

The Broadcasting and Telecommunications Legislative Review Panel (BTLR) was tasked in 2018 by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development and the Minister of Canadian Heritage to review Canada's outdated communications legislative framework. That framework includes the 1991 Broadcasting Act.

The BTLR's long awaited report was released today.

As anticipated and intended, the Panel has gone well beyond a mere "legislative review". It has considered decades-old policies, structures, institutions and practices, and made recommendations to change or replace many of these in fundamental ways.

The report speaks to a broad range of industry stakeholders. Chief among these are online media content providers, notably foreign services.

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