Jews Prevent N. Americans Watching AlJazeera

Jewish groups to fight Al-Jazeera licence proposal

Last Updated: Saturday, July 12, 2003 | 6:32 PM ET
CBC News

The Canadian Jewish Congress and B'nai Brith say they will fight an
application from Al-Jazeera for a digital cable television licence.
The Arab-language network has asked the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission for permission to broadcast its
programs.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2003/07/12/aljazeera030712.html

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Jul 06, 2009 - Arutz Sheva
By: Zalman Nelson

Al Jazeera to Broadcast in Canada

(IsraelNN.com) Al Jazeera English, the international spinoff of the
Qatar-based Arabic-language news network of the same name, will likely
be cleared for Canadian broadcasting this summer following months of
debate and opposition.

The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
recently finished considering the application in a process, which
included reviewing public comments, protests from Jewish groups and
meetings between the network and its opponents to work through
concerns about its programming.
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http://www.cjc.ca/template.php?action=itn&Story=2709

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Al Jazeera English to apply for licence within weeks
By SHELDON KIRSHNER, Staff Reporter
Thursday, 26 February 2009

TORONTO — Al-Jazeera English, the Qatar-based 24-hour international
news and current events television channel, plans to apply for a
broadcasting licence in Canada within the next few weeks and hopes to
be on the air by the fall.
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http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16346
&Itemid=86

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Al Jazeera gaining favour in Canada
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Positive public reaction to proposed expansion of news agency
outweighs the negative

Jul 02, 2009 04:30 AM
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Joanna Smith
Ottawa Bureau

OTTAWA–They are professional journalists. They give voice to
terrorists. They are vital to democracy. They suppress it. They are Al
Jazeera English and they are hoping to come to a television near you.
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Tony Burman, a former CBC news executive who became managing director
of Al Jazeera English two years ago, said he is buoyed by the fact
there have been far more positive comments than negative.

"Contrary to what people would have predicted, the overwhelming
sentiment was in favour of Al Jazeera English being in Canada," said
Burman. He said out of 2,652 public comments submitted to the CRTC,
there were only 39 that could be described as against bringing the
broadcaster to Canada.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/659527

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