Legislation

Media union applauds feds’ tough talk on protecting Canadian media, cultural industries

2018-09-05 // 0 Comments

OTTAWA – CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media union, welcomes the federal government’s promise to stand firm on protecting Canada’s cultural industries, [Read more...]

Democracy is cracking and platforms are no help. What can we do about it? Some policy suggestions

2018-08-23 // 0 Comments

CHRISTINE SCHMIDT | Nieman Lab [~] Platforms aren’t efficiently self-regulating. Government officials don’t know how Facebook’s advertising works (or some know it too [Read more...]

CWA Canada stands with VICE as source protection case goes to Supreme Court

2018-05-23 // 3 Comments

VICE Media’s legal fight with the RCMP over a journalist’s right to protect sources goes before the Supreme Court of Canada today. Standing alongside VICE will be CWA [Read more...]

CWA Canada hails Competition Bureau raid of Postmedia-Torstar, says feds should block newspaper swap deals

2018-03-14 // 1 Comment

CWA Canada welcomes a federal investigation into November’s newspaper swap-and-close deal between Postmedia and Torstar, but worries it comes far too late to fix the damage [Read more...]

Understanding Canada’s new shield law for confidential sources

2017-10-25 // 2 Comments

LISA TAYLOR, BRIAN MACLEOD ROGERS, RYDER GILLILAND | J-Source [~] Canada has a new law that offers significantly enhanced protections to reporters’ confidential sources and [Read more...]

Ontario could end labour law limbo for factual TV workers

2017-05-17 // 0 Comments

LISE LAREAU | Canadian Media Guild The signals are good. Early reports indicate that the Ontario government’s Changing Workplaces Review will not be a waste of [Read more...]

Members get rare chance to oppose bill that threatens pensions

2017-03-31 // 0 Comments

The retirement security of a majority of CWA Canada members — past and present — is threatened by proposed amendments to federal pension legislation. However, they have a [Read more...]

Legislation & Regulations

2017-01-02 // 0 Comments

A compendium of articles about bills, laws and regulations that have an impact on workers, organized labour, unions and journalism. [Read more...]

Coalition urges press shield laws, inquiry into spying on journalists

2016-12-05 // 0 Comments

A press freedom coalition of a dozen organizations, including CWA Canada, is calling on the federal government to take urgent action to protect journalists and their sources. [Read more...]

CWA Canada urges withdrawal of pensions Bill C-27

2016-11-17 // 0 Comments

The Hon. Bill Morneau, P.C., M.P. Minister of Finance House of Commons Ottawa, ON, K1A 0A6 Dear Minister: I am writing on behalf of CWA Canada, the country’s only all-media [Read more...]