Canada: Stop "Fox News North"
by Avaaz
Prime Minister
Harper is trying to push American-style hate media onto our airwaves, and make us all pay for it. His plan is to create a "Fox News North" to mimic the kind of
hate-filled propaganda with which Fox News has poisoned U.S. politics. The channel will be run by Harper’s former top aide and will be
funded with money from our cable TV fees!
One man stands in the way of this nightmare -- the Chairman of
Canada's Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Konrad von
Finckenstein. And now, Harper is trying to get him out of his job. Sign
the petition below to send a wave of support to von Finckenstein and
forward this campaign to everyone -- we'll publish
full page ads in Canadian papers when we reach 100,000:
To CRTC Chair von Finckenstein and PM Harper: As concerned Canadians who deeply oppose American-style hate media on
our airwaves, we applaud the CRTC's refusal to allow a new "Fox News
North" channel to be funded from our cable fees. We urge Mr. von
Finckenstein to stay in his job and continue to stand up for Canada's
democratic traditions, and call on Prime Minister Harper to immediately
stop all pressure on the CRTC on this matter.
