On March 22, 2024, the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission (“CRTC”) initiated public
consultations on the co-development of an Indigenous Broadcasting
Policy. This is the second phase in a three-phase process that
initially launched in June of 2019.
In the first phase of the CRTC's co-development of an
Indigenous Broadcasting Policy, the CRTC sought to obtain
information on how Canada's broadcasting system could best
complement the broadcasting interests of Indigenous peoples. It
held early engagement sessions with Indigenous radio and television
broadcasters and experts within the Indigenous broadcasting sector,
among other stakeholders. The information gathered throughout that
process formed the basis of the recent Broadcasting
Notice of Consultation CRTC 2024-67, in which the CRTC has
officially announced the launch of Phase 2 of the co-development of
an Indigenous Broadcasting Policy with a public call for
comments.
