Programming Policies

• 1.1 Program Policies

  CBC/Radio-Canada's Program Policies are intended to provide a firm base for creativity. Broadcast policies enable the Corporation to deal confidently and equitably with all types of external and internal pressures.

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• 1.2 Journalistic Standards and Practices

  Journalistic Standards and Practices (JSP) apply to news, current affairs and public affairs personnel and to information content produced, broadcast and posted online by these teams.

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• 1.3 Advertising Standards

  The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is responsible for all that it carries on its broadcast, specialty and new media services. Everything carried on these services is subject to the provisions of CBC/Radio-Canada Programming Policies, which include the Advertising Standards described in this text.

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• 1.4 Public Service Announcements

  CBC/Radio-Canada recognizes the importance for the well-being of the community of many social, charitable and artistic activities. Therefore, it makes available to qualifying private and public organizations a limited amount of free time to assist them in promoting their public service aims and objectives. Because of the partisan nature of political organizations, their activities do not qualify for public service time.

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• 1.5 Free Time Political Broadcasts

  The CBC/Radio-Canada takes the position that, during a general election campaign, it is part of the mandate of the national public broadcaster and in the best interest of the democratic process to make periods of program time available to duly registered political parties in order that they may have an opportunity to explain directly the platform for which they are seeking the support of the electorate.

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