Reports on the plans of the Canadian government regarding the restriction against foreign ownership of country's newspapers. Plans of Hollinger Inc. with its smaller newspapers; Opinion of Maude Barlow, head of the Council of Canada, on the plans of the Canadian Government.
Describes Conrad Black's takeover of Saskatchewan's two newspapers, the `Regina Leader-Post' and the `Saskatoon Star Phoenix,' and 12 smaller Prairie papers. Black's Hollinger Inc. of Vancouver owning 162 dailies and other papers in Canada, the United States, Britain, Australia, and Israel.
Discusses the consequences of Hollinger Inc. chairman Conard Black's decision to renounce his Canadian citizenship. Criteria for considering a newspaper Canadian; Impact of Black's decision on the qualification of the 'National Post' as a Canadian-owned newspaper; Possibility of transfer of Black's stake in the paper to his wife Barbara Amiel.
Published
2001
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