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Manitoba orders end to print subscriptions for public entities

A new provincial policy requires government offices and publicly funded entities, including school divisions, to cancel print subscriptions to newspapers, magazines and periodicals. The policy...

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting launch new campaign against Facebook

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting will launch a provocative new national campaign that targets Facebook for profiting from content created by Canadian news outlets without...

Public Access does not equal Public Notice

Research from February 2019 confirms that public notices should be published in newspapers.  More than half of Canadians (53%) want to see public notices...

Public Notices (Fact Sheet)

Government has a duty to inform Canadians about its programs, services, policies and decisions. Open and transparent communication from government to Canadians is vital and...

New fact sheet on Public Notices now available

Government has a duty to inform Canadians about its programs, services, policies and decisions.  Open and transparent communication from government to Canadians is vital...

Canadians want to see public notices in newspapers

New research from News Media Canada confirms that Canadians want to see Public Notices continue to be published in newspapers.  When asked, more than half (53%)...

SUMA passes ‘anti-democratic’ resolution

As some of you may have already heard, a resolution to modernize public notice requirements was recently passed at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association...

Government Public Notice and Newspapers 2019 (Fact Sheet)

The government has a duty to inform Canadians about its programs, services, policies and decisions. Advertising is one of many ways the government ensures that individuals, families and...

2019 Government Advertising and Newspapers – Public Notice (Presentation)

The government has a duty to inform Canadians about its programs, services, policies and decisions. Advertising is one of many ways the government ensures that...

Saskatchewan town and city councils pushing for less transparency

The issue of public notice is surfacing again in the province of Saskatchewan.  Some SK town and city councils are attempting to end the...