The Federal Court of Appeal has overturned a previous decision made by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), which penalized CBC Radio over a program that used the “N-word,” a racial slur.
The decision issued by the Federal Court of Appeal on June 22 found that the CRTC, which regulates certain broadcasting content in Canada, made errors in its ruling against SRC, the French-language segment of CBC/Radio-Canada.
“The court has returned the matter to the CRTC. We will wait for their direction on next steps,” CBC said in a news story on the decision. “It is important to remember that this does not affect the policies we have already put in place to minimize the use of hurtful or offensive language….