MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: National Energy Program, Canadian Business, Universal Postal Union
Document Summary
Since mass communication takes place across borders, policy development in one jurisdiction is part of a larger, international policy context. Some important distinctions to keep in mind: legislation, or acts of law making, policy as a set of guiding ideas and practices, regulation, or the enforcement of legislation and government policy through rule- making. In canada, communications policies can be developed by governments in committee, subject to usual parliamentary procedures, or by public agencies (crtc) Researched through public hearings, task forces, and parliamentary committees. Recommendations have resulted in the establishment of the nfb, cbc, crtc, The purposes of national communications security: to protect national security, to prevent the circulation of illegal materials, to protect nancial data, etc. Communications policy is a by-product of global contact between peoples, companies, and governments. Each of the communications sectors required own forms of intntl. governance. Examples of early international communications agreements: general postal union, 1874. Renamed the universal postal union in 1878.
