News Media Canada / Media d'Info Canada
Registration:
8
of
16
(2019-01-16
to
2021-07-22)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- Seeking support for WAN-IFRA, the global organization of the world's newspapers and publishers to defend and promote media freedom by joining the Media Freedom program;
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
- Seeking support for The Canadian Journalism Fund to help newspapers make the digital transition;
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Participate in the 2018 legislative process to review copyright reform;
- Seeking delay in Canada's Anti-spam Legislation until the mandated review of the Act is complete and legislative amendments are made to address known issues in the current legislation;
- Update copyright laws to protect original work;
Policies or Program
- Encourage government to spend ad dollars in Canadian media;
- Expand the Canada Periodical Fund for community newspapers;
- Explore opportunities for news and digital media to seek community support and promote journalism;
- Explore opportunities for the news media industry to explore not-for-profit and charitable status for newspapers;