Removal of Fox News from Canada
Preventing Fox News from inciting hate, violence, and discrimination in its programming against the 2SLGBTQI people and other equity-deserving communities in Canada.
Egale Canada is seeking for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to remove Fox News from the list of non-Canadian programming authorized for distribution in Canada.
Fox News’ programming is in clear violation of Canadian broadcasting standards and has no place on Canadian broadcasting networks. Fox News has made false and horrifying claims about 2SLGBTQI people – including painting them as violent and dangerous.
Let’s be clear, Egale’s application to the CRTC is not about censorship. This is about preventing Fox News from inciting hate, violence, and discrimination in its programming against the 2SLGBTQI people and other equity-deserving communities in Canada.
Latest Update
September 19, 2023: Letter from the CRTC in Response to Egale Canada’s Application
On September 19, 2023 the CRTC informed Egale Canada that it intends to hold a public consultation on its regulatory approach in overseeing non-Canadian television services, which is to begin in the coming months. We ask the CRTC to proceed with urgency, as the lack of an effective framework to address violations of Canadian broadcasting law by non-Canadian programming services means that these violations can continue indefinitely.
Read Egale’s response to the Response to the CRTC’s September 2023 Letter
Previous Updates
April 4, 2023: Open Letter to the CRTC
In early April, Egale wrote an open letter calling on the CRTC to begin public consultations on the removal of Fox News from the list of non-Canadian programming authorized for distribution in Canada.
Read Egale’s Open Letter to the CRTC
May 4, 2023: Part One Application with CRTC
On May 4, 2023, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) opened a Part 1 Application (2023-0210-8 – Egale Canada) for the removal of Fox News from the list of non-Canadian programming services authorized for distribution. This is in response to Egale’s submission to the CRTC on Fox News being in clear violation of Canadian broadcasting standards – as Fox News incites hate, violence, and discrimination in its programming against the 2SLGBTQI people and other equity-deserving communities.
Read Egale’s full legal submission and summary brief for more information.
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