Capital Cities Communications Inc v Canadian Radio-Television Commission
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capital-cities-communications-inc-v-canadian-radio-television-commission-315-8561
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Capital Cities Communications Inc v Canadian Radio-Television Commission
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Capital Cities Communications v. CRTC (1977), [1978] 2 S.C.R. 141 is a Supreme Court of Canada decision on the legislative jurisdiction of cable television. Chief Justice Laskin, writing for the majority of the Court, held that all television, even where exclusively produced and distributed within the province, fell within the definition of a federal undertaking under section 92(10)(a) of the Constitution Act, 1867. Rogers Cable provided a subscription service for American television programs. T
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Supreme Court of Canada case
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