CRTC wants to apologize to Radio-Canada for broadcasting “Ward in n” on the radio.

The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has ordered Radio-Canada to issue a public apology to a newspaper that has spoken “n-word” four times since the summer of 2020.

In a decision released Wednesday, members of the federal agency’s board of directors instructed Crown Corporation to “specify how it intends to minimize the impact of ‘my-word’ on this section of the program.” After July 29th.

The CBC must finally produce a report before September 27 “on best practices based on the internal measures and programming it puts in place to ensure better handling of a similar matter in the future.”

It goes to an excerpt from columnist Simon Jodoi on the daily show 15-18The book was hosted by Annie Desrochers White Nets of America Acceptance of expression by Pierre Vallières and the context in which it is used.

During the 6 minutes and 27 seconds of the August 18, 2020 column, the “N word” was spoken four times, three times in French and once in English, underlining the CRTC.

Activist and social entrepreneur Ricardo Lamore filed a complaint with Radio-Canada, saying he was “overwhelmed, depressed and upset” because two Caucasian people used the word.

The complaint was initially dismissed by the show’s producer, and later by Radio-Canada Ombudsman Mr. Was rejected a second time after Lamore’s appeal. The latter will finally decide to bring the file to CRTC.

This paragraph expanded as the “Black Lives Matter” movement gained considerable momentum in the United States following the death of George Floyd, and was subsequently suspended for naming Pierre Valiers’ book in the class of Concordia University lecturer Catherine Russell.

The Council acknowledges that the use of the word “n-word” was not intended to be “discriminatory in the context of the newspaper” as it was intended to “quote the title of a work at the center of a surface issue.”

However, members of the council said, “This project does not meet the standards of high quality programming and does not contribute to the strengthening of the cultural and social fabric and to the reflection of the multiculturalism and diversity of Canadian society.”

CRTC’s reaction to the CBC’s complaint was not unanimous.

Two members of the Council supported the decision of the Radio-Canada Ombudsman, including Caroline J. Snyder, Vice President of Broadcasting. “The majority decision is one step beyond what I can overcome.”

In their opinion, the majority decision failed to consider the Canadian Charter and its provisions on freedom of expression.

“Furthermore, the author and the author have failed to apply the current law made by the Supreme Court of Canada in the absence of discriminatory opinions and have no right to be offended accordingly. The right to freedom of expression protected by the Constitution of Canada and the law”, writes Ms.^Me Simart.

The other opponent, Jonah D. Levy believes that “the majority decision is unbalanced and does not meet the criteria of transparency, honesty and predictability.”

What’s more, it “ignores press freedom and, in my opinion, suppresses it”.

“We see the danger that the analysis of the news and issues of the day will become a joke for comedians, instead of bold, current and relevant journals, and their freedom of expression is better protected,” she writes.^Me Levy.