Re: [Swprograms] More on Sirius in Canada

[Richard Cuff <rdcuff@xxxxxxxxx>]

Corporations behave like 3-year-olds...because they can get away with
it...and we should not expect anything different unless we are willing
to back up our exhortations with rules.

I agree with you -- even though it didn't look that way!

R

I also hesitated posting an article in the Globe & Mail that says
that 61% of Canadians have not been inconvenienced by the CBC
lockout.  The union harrumped about the study, but the findings
make me somewhat nervous.  At first glance, the fact that a
majority of Canadians are indifferent about the CBC's situation
suggests that the CBC isn't relevant to most Canadians.  However
an alternative perspective is that the CBC shouldn't be trying to serve
the majority.  They have commerical radio.  It is this issue
of what constituency public broadcasters should serve that has me
scratching my head.

R

On 8/30/05, John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Taking this off line because it seems so off topic...  but I will
answer it more succinctly online.

The question seems a non-sequiter, if you'll forgive that
observation.  My points were more explicitly the following:

1.)  Private industry (especially large industries and companies) in
the US complains incessantly about regulation (except, of course,
when the regulator favors it over its competition).  It's almost
Pavlovian.  No..that's wrong.  It IS Pavlovian.

2.)  This particular part of private industry--Sirius Canada--instead
of complaining loudly and publicly, has decided to work with the
regulator.  We don't see this much in the US anymore.  Maybe it;s
because the regulator in Canada has some backbone and is supported by
a significant number of the politicians.  I don't know.

3.)   I expect a corporation or industry granted--in effect--more
rights than a private, voting citizen to behave as a good corporate
citizen.  I don't expect it to complain or expect special
consideration in the future every time someone asks it to do
something in the public interest.

jaf

On Aug 30, 2005, at 11:27 PM, Richard Cuff wrote:

> Would you expect a for-profit company to behave differently?  If
> so, why?
>
> Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA  USA
>
> On 8/30/05, John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: I work in
> the telecommunications bureau of the NY State Public
> Service Commission.  This state of affairs in Canada with Sirius just
> makes me laugh when the industries and companies we "regulate"
> complain about the heavy hand of government.  They ought to try to go
> a few rounds with the CRTC and then come back and talk to us.
>
> John Figliozzi
>
>
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