Lobbying registration dated 2026-02-27
Registrant: Joel Fortune
Client: Independent Broadcast Group
Targeted institutions:
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
House of Commons
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
Senate of Canada
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Acts: Broadcasting Act
Excise Tax Act
Income Tax Act
Government funding received:
Lobbying activity details:
Income Tax Act, with respect to tax credits relating to the production of Canadian programming and advertising expenditures.
Broadcasting Act, with respect to policies towards ownership diversity in the broadcasting system.
Treatment of cultural industries in trade negotiations with United States.
Revenue sharing for news and information programming online.
Broadcasting Distribution Regulations and conditions of service, with respect to the distribution of independent broadcasting services.
Excise Tax Act, with respect to non-Canadian services.
Including broadcast media in tax credit program for news production under Income Tax Act.