02-08-2004, 01:00 PM
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In Canada, it's not what you say, it's who you say it about.
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Jean Augustine, Minister of State for Multiculturalism, said "the government will not tolerate statements that create dissonance in our society and disrespect for others."
"For too long Don Cherry has used contemptuous words, even racist ones, with respect to francophones on the airwaves of the CBC," said Benoit Sauvageau, a Bloc Quebecois member of Parliament.
"He should certainly be apologizing and maybe something more than that, who knows?" NDP leader Jack Layton told reporters.
"It's not a little gratuitous insult," he added. "He's making a fairly serious, nasty insult about the citizens of Quebec, their wonderful hockey stars, and I think it was disgusting. He's got some work that he's got to do to correct the situation and so do the people who employ him."
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Mr. Redekopp insisted that a seven-second tape-delay is "common on many live broadcasts," and Ruth-Ellen Soles, a spokeswoman for the network, said Rex Murphy's Cross Country Check-Up radio show operates on a similar framework.
However, when contacted by the National Post last night, station employees in the radio and television divisions could not think of another single example, and one source noted the time delay is not used with live commentators because the station assumes there will be no need to guard against what someone might say.
Adding to the confusion, Ms. Soles could not provide details regarding what type of remarks will be deemed offensive and edited out of Mr. Cherry's show.
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Although he does not condone Mr. Cherry's comments, Mr. Abbott said the CBC has aired programs that are much more controversial.
"If they are going to be putting a seven-second delay on him, then I would presume that they must be thinking of putting a seven-second delay on This Hour Has 22 Minutes or Air Farce," he said of the network's most popular comedy shows.
"Those programs have comments that are highly offensive to different regions, highly offensive to different religions, highly offensive to many Canadians, yet CBC will carry them."
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