Bill C-327 proposed to change the Broadcasting Act so that the CRTC would have to create new rules to curb violence on TV. The CRTC would also have to police TV programming for content that crossed those standards on violence. For more details on Bill C-327, click here.
The House of Commons decided that the bill should not proceed further. On May 13, it adopted the Report of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage which made the recommendation.
According to Cartt, "debates before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage on the bill, and the committee's report, concluded that while the bill's goals were laudable, the strategies proposed to attain them were impractical."
Members of the Committee pointed out that parental oversight into their children's TV viewing and media literacy programs were important. They also noted that the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council and the CRTC currently play a role in regulating the program content that is aired.
Source: Cartt, 05/19/2008