I'm curious what you think of an ombudsman? Do you just see them as seeking any chance to abuse their power and seek authoritarian authority and oppress your ri

I'm curious what you think of an ombudsman? Do you just see them as seeking any chance to abuse their power and seek authoritarian authority and oppress your rights as well? In a democracy, the government technically works for you, you elect it, you can choose to not re-elect them, and as part of that system some institutions are in place to protect your rights. Like ombudsman, the CRTC is an institution whose mandate is to protect voices of Canadians on broadcasts that reaches Canadians. The CRTC is not a sensor, and cannot choose what programs the broadcasters choose to air or not, it can simply dictate that it has to air some amount of Canadian content, and that it has to promote and advertise some amount of it. The goals of it is to make sure various Canadians have a propertionally equal air time. That's its mandate. I'm not sure what exactly you distrust in that, a free market will govern who gets air time based on profit, revenue, and market power/consolidation. This isn't what Canadians want, they want to have a mechanism that protects their rights to broadcast themselves, even if it doesn't fit Big Media's business model of maximized revenue, or their own political leanings. So they created an institution to govern that, and make sure that within the free market, there is still guaranteed room for them to broadcast. P.S.: First amandment is a US thing. Canada has a Charter of rights and freedoms, and it's section 2(b) which says: > (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication