41 S.C. 128\02 order itself is made after the responsible Minister has consulted with the Commission and once made, it has to be gazetted. The responsible Minister has powers to issue directions to the Commission in situations where he is appealed to by an aggrieved broadcaster with a sustainable case. However, the directive would have to be gazetted and brought before each House of Parliament within the first fifteen days of sitting. Ownership and responsibilities for the broadcasting system is vested in Canadians by operation of the law. Thus the Canadian Broadcasting Act, 1991 provides in section (3) that:- “(a) the Canadian broadcasting system shall be effectively owned and controlled by Canadians; (b) the Canadian broadcasting system operating primarily in the English and French languages and comprising public, private and community elements, makes use of radio frequencies that are public property and provides, through its programming, a public service essential to the maintenance and enhancement of national identity and cultural sovereignty; (c) the Canadian broadcasting system should, (i) serve to safeguard, enrich and strengthen the cultural, political, social and economic fabric of Canada; (ii) encourage the development of Canadian expression by providing a wide range of programming that reflects Canadian attitudes, opinions, ideas, values and artistic creativity by displaying Canadian talent in entertainment programming and by offering information and analysis concerning Canada and other countries from a Canadian point of view. (d) the programming provided by the Corporation should, (i) be predominantly and distinctively Canadian; (ii) reflect Canada and its regions to national and regional audiences, while serving the special needs of those regions; (iii) actively contribute to the flow and

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