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C a n a d a 19.
ANTITRUST LAWS LIMITING CAPITAL CONCENTRATION IN THE PRINT MEDIA Section
3(d) of the 1968 Broadcasting Act states that the programming provided
by the Canadian broadcasting system shall be varied and comprehensive
and should provide a reasonable, balanced opportunity for the expression
of differing views on matters of public concern. It is a clear indication
of the concern of avoiding concentration of ownership regarding
the broadcast sector. In
1981, the Royal Commission on Newspapers adopted a recommendation
to have the legislature pass a law that would restrict cross-ownership.
The Commission noted that ?while the economic reality of daily newspapers?
monopoly in most communities has to be accepted, there is no economic
necessity for the same ownership of other media in the same community.
Such a reduction in the diversity of sources of information is without
justification.? The
CRTC has used this argument in not allowing crossownership in the
media. This is not so true in the concentration of ownership in
one medium.
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