Broadcast Diversity

We need Al Jazeera English!

Al Jazeera English is being considered for airing in Canada by the CRTC, the federal broadcast regulator. Tell the CRTC to give its approval to list AJE as an "eligible" service so that Canadian cable and satellite companies can carry it.

Comments must be received by the CRTC no later than Monday, June 8.

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Canadians For Al Jazeera.ca

Avi Lewis: Canada needs Al Jazeera

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Dear Commissioners:

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I urge you to approve Al Jazeera English's application to broadcast in Canada.

Canadians live in one of the world's most multicultural and diverse countries. It is important for Canadians to be able to get the diversity of perspectives AJE offers in its unique mix of international news, current affairs and documentaries. Al Jazeera English has 69 bureaus and already broadcasts in more than 100 countries. AJE has more than 1,200 highly experienced staff from nearly 50 nationalities including more than 45 ethnicities, making Al Jazeera English's newsroom the most diverse in the world.

AJE offers balanced news coverage and has been widely credited for giving a global voice to the South. The Canadian audience is internationally minded and in this globalized age, people want news from all corners of the Earth.

Al Jazeera English will open a Canadian news bureau if it is permitted to broadcast in Canada. This will make AJE the only international broadcaster located in Canada making Canadian stories available to the world.

Al Jazeera English is acclaimed for its diversity and quality in journalism. Canadians' communication rights, including the right to receive and impart information regardless of frontiers (Article 19 of the UN's Declaration of Human Rights), demand that the award-winning Al Jazeera English be approved for broadcasting in Canada. Thank you.

Sincerely,
[Your name]
[Your address]

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