All That Jazeera

While the CRTC approved the Arabic network, it turned down an application to offer Italy's RAI International as a digital specialty service through cable or satellite.

More than 100,000 Italian-Canadians signed petitions favouring the RAI application to broadcast 24 hours a day in Canada.

Well, go figure.... Actually, the very principle of supporting freedom of speech suggests allowing the carriage of Al-Jazeera, the dismissal of the RAI application just seems like nonsense.   Oh, the blessèd CRTC and its wisdom....