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protest a • a
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bum p®<<:,e
of mail frown people in
Huron -Bruce and the sur-
rounding area, opposed to
any airing of erotic or por-
nographic material on
Licensed television- I would
like to thank you for writing
and making this effort to
register your views on a sub-
ject which concerns all of us.
1 alai also encouraged that
many wrote to the CRTC and
to the 1Vlinister of Com-
munications, who jointly
have responsibility for ad-
ministering public policy
relating to television.
I have no difficulty at all in
opposing emphatically any
use of licensed television sale
Canada to show por-
nographic material. The
CRTC has issued a press
release indicating that a
would like to see the televi-
sion industry adopt volun-
tary standards for its pro-
gramming to prevent such
abuses. One reason they give
for preferring this course is
that they claim not to have
any mandate to prohibit
material in advance, while,
after broadcast, when the
harm has been done, it is for
the courts to rule on ques-
tions of obscenity and of
community standards. The
CRTC also believes,
however, that the current
judicial definition of
obscenity is not appropriate
for television. I feel that the
CRTC does not go far enough
in recognizing its power to
ensure that material such as
the Playboy network offers
in the United States is kept
off licensed television in
Canada.
For years, the question of
community stanon.rds has
been a troublesome one in
Canada. We are caught
between a respect for the in-
dividual's right to make his
own decisions on matters of
taste and morality, and a
respect for the moral stan-
dards of our heritage and of
the majority. In the present
case, there is no moral
dilemma. Pay TV licenses
are issued under the federal
government's authority and
clearly fall within the sphere
of community decisions. To
prohibit the airing of erotic
or irnograp': 'c material is
to assert a col,I rcurtity stan-
dard. It is not to take away
any in of i vidual right, for
there is no individual right to
decide how the public televi-
sion band will be used. If any
individual right could be said
to exist in such a matter, it
would be the right to remain
free from exposure to public
programailing of a hurtful or
offensive type.
It is clear that the CRTC
has a mandate and a respon-
sibility to protect in-
dividuals. It is not an easy
ressonsibility, for whenever
a public body has the is ;ewer
to make value judgements
affecting the community, it
has the capacity to make bad
ones. Yet the CRTC exists to
make just this kind of judge-
ment. This power was given
to a commission so that such
decisions would not be sub-
ject to political pressures of
a ,o artisan nature.
I would like to see the
Ci•;TC fulfill its responsibili-
ty to the community. If any
ins, i vidual right could be said
to exist in respect to the kind
of programming aired on
television, it is a right of im-
munity, not a right of
prerogative. That is, the in-
.;vidual might need protec-
tion from programrning
which could harm him
among his fellow citizens.
This is what immunity would
involve. But if a right to be
immune from some kinds of
broadcasting exists, certain-
ly no prerogative exists by
which an individual or group
may claim a right to view a
certain kind of programm-
ing. Our rights as individuals
are, in matters of this com-
munity nature, freedoms
from, not freedoms for any
particular course of action.
As the controversy sur-
rounding the question of Pay
Television programming
continues, I shall continue to
argue for a prohibition of
such material on any Cana-
dian licensed television
channel. My preference
would be to see the CRTC act
as its mandate dictates. to
take a firm decision on this
matter in line with views it
has already expressed op-
posing pornography on
television. If the CRT(' will
not take the decision itself,
Parliament may have to act,
and 1 shall push for
Parliamentary action if it.
proves necessary. I hope
that it does not.
You may rest assured that
1 shall make both the
Minister of Communications
and the CRT(' aware of the
degree of support from our
part of the country for a ban
on pornographic programm-
ing.
Yours sincerely,
Murray Cardiff, MI'
Huron-RIuce
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