Voice your support for Al-Jazeera in Canada

al-Jazeera in Canada

Voice your support for Al-Jazeera in Canada
[by Aug 11, 2003]

The Canadian Radio-television and telecommunications Commission
(CRTC) is now accepting submissions on Al-Jazeera’s application
to broadcast on the Digital Network in Canada. This public process
will determine whether Al-Jazeera will be available to Canadian
viewers. The Canadian Arab Federation is encouraging its members
and friends to contact the CRTC and voice their support for
Al-Jazeera.

So please send your support by August 11, 2003,
citing Public Notice CRTC 2003-36.
Your submission may be as short as a two-line e-mail.

You may choose to include one or more of the following points in your
submission:
• Al-Jazeera is an independent, democratic and widely respected
media outlet in the Arab world that seeks to represent all points of
view
• It is important for Canadian Arabs and Muslims (a population of
over one million) to hear news and debates from the Arab and Muslim
worlds without North American filters
• Accessing Al-Jazeera in Canada provides a much-needed link
between Canada and the Arab world, which works to decrease
stereotypes about Arabs and facilitate intercultural understanding
• Broadcasting Al-Jazeera in Canada affirms our country’s
commitment to freedom of speech and multiculturalism

CAF’s article in support of Al Jazeera which appeared in the Globe
and Mail on May 30, 2003, may be found at:
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20030530
/COJAZEERA/?query=raja%2Bkhouri