You have to wonder at the CRTC's reasoning, as illustrated in this article ...
The Falun Dafa Association of Canada has vowed to keep fighting a decision by Canada's broadcast regulator to approve nine digital TV stations from mainland China.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission gave the go-ahead for the Chinese-language stations on Dec. 22. ...
... The CRTC said it approved the nine channels as part of its policy that non-Canadian third-language television services should be approved to promote cross-cultural understanding.
Huh?? How does third-language programming promote cross-cultural understanding, given that few Canadians understand both of our official languages, let alone a third, non-official, one?
No doubt, however, the CRTC does recognize that few Canadians know (or care) about Chinese religious politics. And of course, even feeble attempts at "cross-cultural understanding" are very politically correct in Canada. So, for all intents and purposes, I suppose this decision was a no-brainer.
I wait now with bated breath for programming from Ukraine...
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