[Wamvan] "How to Petition the CRTC against Sun News' "Mandatory Carriage"

Thu Jan 24 00:54:25 PST 2013

This is a a great resource! Thanks for sending it out, Jarrah! Would you
like to prepare a version of your email below for us to post on the WAM!
Vancouver website?

If anyone else would like to prefer "media action" guides for our website,
let me know!

Joanna

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:02 AM, Jarrah <jarrahhodge at gmail.com> wrote:

> Got this from a friend involved in Feminist Edmonton. A good step-by-step
> guide to registering your opposition to SUN news getting "mandatory
> carriage" and subsequent public funding.
>
> In case anyone has managed to stay totally insulated from the perpetual
> #headdesk that is SUN,  here's a response I did to one of their pieces:
>
> http://www.gender-focus.com/2011/06/23/sunnews-says-be-a-man/
>
> And here's a piece at Rabble about their CRTC application:
>
>
> http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/djclimenhaga/2013/01/no-market-hate-and-right-wing-drivel-sun-news-comes-cap-hand-pub
>
> Anyway here's the info if you want to file your opposition:
> ---
>
> "How to Petition the CRTC against Sun News' "Mandatory Carriage"
>
>
> DEADLINE: Feb 20, 2013
>
> The Sun News Network is applying to the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television &
> Communications Commission)* to be granted a "mandatory carriage" license
> that would make it mandatory for basic cable providers to include their
> channel (in other words, if you use basic cable you would NOT have an
> option to NOT get Sun News, and they would be paid a fee for every
> household that carries basic cable). From my understanding, this means
> Canadian taxpayers would be funding Sun News to the tune of approx. $18
> million per year.
>
> If you OPPOSE the CRTC granting Sun News a "mandatory carriage" license,
> and Canadian taxpayers funding their questionable programming, you must
> submit your opposition to the CRTC by Feb. 20, 2013. You can do this online
> in about 5 minutes.
>
> The CRTC's online submission process is a bit confusing, so I'm trying to
> make it easier for individual folks to do so by breaking it down into more
> digestible bits. Assuming you would be submitting as an individual
> consumer, and not on behalf of an organization or other person, follow this
> procedure:
>
> 1. Go to the CRTC's online submission page "Participate in a Consultation"
> at:
> https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/Intervention/Submission-Soumission.aspx?lang=e&EN=2013-19&ET=N#SE0
>
> 2. Click "I Agree" > Next
>
> 3. Click "Option 1" > Next
>
> 4. On the "Choose Applicant/Licensee" page, scroll way down to (and click
> on) "2012-0687-1: Sun News General Partnership" > Next
>
> 5. On the "Submit a Comment" page, first choose "Opposition", then
> type/paste your comments** in the "Enter Comment" field (and attach any
> files you think are relevant, e.g. PDF of an article that highlights Sun
> News' racism, etc., which is optional) > Next
>
> 6. Click on "Do not want to appear" (at the April 23 hearings), and
> confirm "I agree" > Next
>
> 7. Click "NO" re: designated representative > Fill out the
> "Intervener/Respondent Information" (your name/address/email) > you must
> ALSO click on the bottom checkbox that says "I will be sending a copy of my
> comments to the applicant", in order to continue the submission process
> (this is mandatory, and probably the CRTC equivalent of legal "discovery")
> > Next
>
> 8. Confirm whether everything you entered is correct, and whether or not
> you want a copy of your submission by email > SUBMIT
>
> 9. You are done with the CRTC's form, but note you are ALSO expected to
> send a note of opposition directly to Sun News for the CRTC to consider it
> a legitimate submission. Submit your opposition to Sun News being granted
> "mandatory carriage" by writing to them directly* at:
>
> TVA Group Inc. and Sun Media Corporation
> c/o Québecor
> 1600 Maisonneuve Boulevard East
> Montréal, Quebec
> H2L 4P2 Canada
> ~ OR VIA ~
> Fax: 514-380-4664
> Email: reglementaires at quebecor.com
>
> *Be sure to include "RE: Opposition to Mandatory Carriage RE: 2012-0687-1:
> Sun News General Partnership" in the subject line and in the document
> itself. SAVE A COPY for your records, as the CRTC may require proof of your
> submission for it to be valid.
>
> ========
>
> If you would prefer to not use the online submission process, you can
> instead submit your comments to the CRTC* by snail-mail or fax:
>
> By mail: CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2
> By fax: 819-994-0218
>
> *Be sure to include "RE: Opposition to Mandatory Carriage RE: 2012-0687-1:
> Sun News General Partnership"
>
> ========
>
> **Example letter (recommended you edit/write your own):
>
> The Sun News Network broadcasts sexist, racist and other
> hateful/inflammatory programming that does not reflect my family's values.
> It's fine if their private supporters want to purchase their channel under
> their current license, but the fact that they are seeking "mandatory
> carriage" in order to fund their type of "yellow-journalism" just proves
> that most Canadians do NOT care for their programming. We do not think
> Canadian tax dollars should fund or make it easier for their biased
> coverage to enter our homes, whether in the form of basic cable coverage,
> or in any other format. We request you DENY them "mandatory carriage".
> Thank you for your consideration.
>
> ========
>
> There are also 2 online petitions. Though I doubt the CRTC is obligated to
> consider them, it can't hurt to sign them anyway:
>
>
> http://www.thepetitionsite.com/848/434/892/help-deny-sun-news-medias-application-for-mandatory-coverage/
>
>
> http://www.change.org/petitions/canadian-radio-television-and-telecommunications-commission-do-not-approve-mandatory-carriage-for-sunnews-network-2
>
> ========
>
> *For more CRTC background info about the April 23 hearings scroll way down
> here, to "2012-0687-1
> Sun News General Partnership":
> https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/instances-proceedings/Default-Defaut.aspx?Lang=Eng&YA=2013&S=O&PA=b&PT=nc&PST=a#2013-19
>
> ... and then scroll down here, to #10 "TVA Group Inc. and Sun Media
> Corporation, partners in a general partnership carrying on business as Sun
> News General Partnership" (when you click on that link it takes you to
> where Sun News' address, etc., is):
> http://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2013/2013-19.htm#10
>
> ========
>
>
>
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> Jarrah Hodge
> @jarrahpenguin
> http://gender-focus.com
> --------------------
>
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