Re: [Swprograms] More on Sirius in Canada

[John Figliozzi <jfiglio1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Agreed!

OTOH, 39% do feel "inconvenience".  That's at least a significant  
minority.  CNN or Fox News should be so lucky!  :-))

jaf

On Aug 31, 2005, at 12:07 AM, Richard Cuff wrote:

> 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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