Quote Originally Posted by argolio View Post
I doubt the feds (regardless of party) would ever go there, though it would be nice if they at least required that the Grey Cup must be on over-the-air TV. I think the UK mandates that with the FA Cup final.
For several decades there was an Parliamentary Order which required both national networks (CBC, CTV) to televise the Grey Cup game live. There were some areas of Canada which received the CTV signal only while others got the CBC only...so our government decreed that no Canadian should be deprived from watching the Grey Cup game. Not sure why they dropped that provision which perhaps coincided with CTV dropping the CFL and over 90% of Canadian households getting cable TV.