That is just not true. France caps non-EU ownership at 20%. Cyprus at 50%. Korea caps foreign ownership at 30%. Australian law gives the government the power to regulate the entire media sector as a “proscribed sensitive sector” when it comes to foreign ownership. Japan has a very similar system, but more restrictive. The UK restricts foreign ownership when foreign state interests are at play.
So, no, it’s not how it is globally. There is nothing that says Canada could not adopt a more restrictive system. And given the American threats, I think it absolutely should.
If it were an AM station its ownership structure would have been more scrutinized by the CRTC. But a newspaper conglomerate? Meh.
That’s how it is globally.
Regulating the ise of the public airwaves is a different thing than regulating people who own a printing press
That is just not true. France caps non-EU ownership at 20%. Cyprus at 50%. Korea caps foreign ownership at 30%. Australian law gives the government the power to regulate the entire media sector as a “proscribed sensitive sector” when it comes to foreign ownership. Japan has a very similar system, but more restrictive. The UK restricts foreign ownership when foreign state interests are at play.
So, no, it’s not how it is globally. There is nothing that says Canada could not adopt a more restrictive system. And given the American threats, I think it absolutely should.