Clerk of the Senate * * * Excerpt from the Journals of the Senate of Thursday, June 11, 2015: The Honourable Senator Dawson moved, seconded by the Honourable Senator Moore: That, notwithstanding the order of the Senate adopted on Monday, December 9, 2013, the date for the final report of the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications in relation to its study on the challenges faced [...] At the end of the 1920s, with the exception of two government-owned stations in Manitoba, radio broadcasting in Canada was conducted by private stations, “for the purpose of gain or for publicity in connection with the licensees’ business.”6 The stations were relatively small: the largest four of the 78 licensed private commercial broadcasters in 1929-30 had stations with 5,000 watts, and the aver [...] In order to examine the mandate, governance, and business practices of the BBC, five members of the committee traveled to London, England, to meet with officials at the BBC and the BBC Trust, UK parliamentarians from both Houses of Parliament, and others knowledgeable about broadcasting in the UK.45 One official at the BBC noted that public broadcasters around the world saw the BBC as a model; wit [...] The President and CEO of the CBC/Radio-Canada, during his appearance before the committee on February 17 2015, noted that the BBC has about three and a half times the per capita funding of the 21 Time for Change: The CBC/Radio-Canada in the Twenty-first Century CBC/Radio-Canada, and the BBC operates primarily in one language48 and in one time zone; in contrast, CBC/Radio-Canada operates in two off [...] The recent report on the future of the BBC by the House of Commons, Select Committee on Media, Culture and Sport highlighted the responsibilities of the BBC Trust: … it is responsible for approving the overall strategic direction of the BBC and for holding the Executive to account for delivering the BBC’s services in accordance with its priorities.
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