'T' in CRTC now stands for taxes: Phil Lind

Rogers' Phil Lind writes in the Toronto Sun:
"Established over 40 years ago to regulate broadcasting in Canada, the CRTC has gradually reinvented itself to become this country’s most regressive taxing agency. On March 22nd, it released a decision which, if cleared by the courts, will introduce one more TV tax, one more cash grab from defenceless consumers.
Prompted by what has become a familiar and disturbing preoccupation with wealth redistribution, the Commission has once more ordered cable and satellite companies to collect money from their subscribers and deliver it to large commercial broadcasters.How much? That depends on how greedy the broadcasters get.

"Essentially, the sky is the limit.

"What the CRTC has done is force cable and satellite companies to negotiate how much consumers will pay to receive signals that, until now, have always been available at no charge. . . ."

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