Canadian broadcasters are no longer allowed to distribute Russia’s state-run broadcaster, RT, after the federal regulator found the programming has targeted Ukrainians during the ongoing Russian invasion. The Canadian Radio-television and Communications Commission is removing RT, formerly known as Russia Today, and RT France from its authorized list of non-Canadian programming services and stations. The commission can de-authorize services if it believes the content would violate regulations that apply to licensed Canadian broadcasters, and said that if RT and RT France were Canadian, it would have “called them to account.” It said the content constitutes abusive comment and is “likely to expose the Ukrainian people to hatred or contempt on the basis of their race, national or ethnic origin.” The federal government formally asked the CRTC to review the presence of the Kremlin-backed broadcaster on Canadian airwaves on March 2. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at the time that action …
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