Canuck

  Monday, 1 November 2004

Canadians consider pay-radio < 3:54:22 PM>.

Update: Text of speech by CRTC chair this morning at opening of hearings.

Three groups are before the Canadian federal broadcast regulator today with proposals for subscription radio services, two of them satellite based. The two proposals for satellite services come from Canadians partnering with U.S. service providers already in business:

• Canadian Satellite Radio Inc., headed by Toronto businessman John Bitove, in partnership with XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., the largest U.S. satellite radio firm.
  
  
• The CBC, Standard Radio Inc., and U.S. firm Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.

< 3:28:20 PM>.

Not all Canadians feel this way, but a strong majority do. The survey found that 64% want to see Mr Kerry triumph, while only 19% would prefer to see Mr Bush remaining in office.

The strong opposition to the US president appears to be due to his swaggering, sometimes sneering, style, and the "ham-fisted way" in which he has handled the conflict in Iraq. Canadians opposed the US-led invasion, and supported their own government's decision not to join US-led forces - a stance that has grown stronger as time has gone on.'

Transcontinental Newsnet < 11:31:20 AM>.

Rukavina said he has friends in the United States who say they would seriously consider moving to Canada if Bush is re-elected.

[base "]I think they just don[base ']t feel they can stay in a country that Bush represents,[base '][base '] he said.