Wednesday, August 20, 2003
If You Have a Hard Time Getting C-SPAN Now
Just wait until E.O. 13166 is applied to C-SPAN's transmission of Congressional debates. The issue has already arisen in Canada:
[A Canadian] won a decision in Federal Court last year that told the Commons its debates must be broadcast in both official languages. The debates, carried on the Canadian Parliamentary Access Channel (CPAC) and some local cable channels are not always bilingual. Some broadcasts use only the floor feed from the House, without translation.
However, the board of internal economy, which manages the administrative operations of the Commons, decided to appeal the court ruling. The case is to be heard in Halifax in September.
"What is at stake here is the right of Canadians ... to receive service in both official languages," Quigley said Tuesday at a news conference.
BTW -- the Canadian in question speaks English ("he is not a member of a minority language group").
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