CRTC to Draft Newsroom ‘Code of Conduct’

Published on January 4, 2024

The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) may draft a “code of conduct” for newsrooms as part of the Online News Act, cabinet said in a legal notice. The Department of Canadian Heritage said newsrooms are subject to CRTC guidance on ethics under the Online News Act, which took effect Dec. 19. It will take several months to fully come into force. “The CRTC may regulate the following areas: Creation of a code of conduct (and) a complaint process pertaining to how groups of eligible news businesses are to be structured and their conduct under the Act,” the department wrote in a “Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement,” which was first obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter....

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