Articles Tagged ‘Melanie Joly’

Government invests $14.5M in community media
Mélanie Joly said the investment comes at a time when local media has “been weakened by the change in digital content consumption.”

Quebec MP Pablo Rodriguez takes over Heritage as Joly shuffled out
Joly, whose tenure has included 2017’s Creative Canada policy and the review of the Broadcast and Telecommunications Acts, is being moved to the tourism and official languages portfolio.

Heritage minister’s culture policy offers vision, few hard details
The government’s Creative Canada vision lays out a plan for the digital future to mixed reactions.

Broadcasters’ Cancon investment back in the spotlight
Herritage Canada has asked the CRTC to review its 5% decision on minimum investment.

Feds propose review of Broadcasting, Telecom Acts
The Liberal government has released its 2017 budget, which calls for modernizing the Acts and includes funding for cultural infrastructure.

Funding, modernization big themes in Cancon consultation report
After months of public and online discussion, Canadian Heritage has released a summary of its findings, which will help inform its upcoming cultural policy toolkit.

Broadcasters call for new funding models
Increased flexibility, changes to the tax credit system and a debate over rights ownership: the media cos make their cases for operating in a new digital world.