Story here from the left-wing Globe and Mail.
Excerpt:
Quebec billionaire Pierre Karl Péladeau is attempting a major shakeup of television news in Canada, with plans to launch a 24-hour cable channel modelled on the right-leaning U.S. network Fox News.
It is a shot aimed directly at CBC and CTV, which for years have dominated the all-news format in English Canada. For months, Mr. Péladeau’s Montreal-based media empire, Quebecor Inc., has been putting together plans for a channel that will tap the same conservative sentiment that has made Fox News a major contender for ratings in the U.S.
To operate the upstart news network, Quebecor has enlisted a former senior aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper to oversee the operations. Kory Teneycke, who served as director of communications to Mr. Harper in 2008 and 2009, has been appointed vice-president of business development at Quebecor Media Inc. and will lead the new project.
[…]An application for a licence was submitted to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission late last week. Though Quebecor’s plans are not yet public, a source said a formal announcement on the venture is “imminent.”
Canada already has Fox News in at least some areas, but Fox News doesn’t have specifically Canadian coverage. A Canadian news channel that isn’t left wing would be unbelievable for Canada. Canadian media is dominated by the left.
The problem is that the CRTC, a government body, has to approve each and every TV channel. There was a huge controversy over the approval of Fox News, so it’s not clear that the government will approve this new news channel. The powers that be in Canada are not really open to hearing new ideas on the other side.
Remember, this is the country that censors pro-lifers on campus and persecutes people in Human Rights Commission trials. Liberty and free speech are under attack up there.
WINTERY KNIGHT 
That sounds great but I’m a little worried as to how it would be coming from Quebec. With so much support for separating from the rest of the country, how would that affect their reporting?
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Well, they have that center-right party Action Democratique, so it isn’t ALL bad. Quebec city is VERY entrepreneurial. I have high hopes.
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We could do with one of those here.
During the last government, we had TV One (Govt. Left), TV3 (Private, even more left) and Prime (We said it first, what are you ignoring me again???)
It’s slightly better now, since being on the left means they old the current right leaning government to account, but there was practically none of that during the last one for about the first 7 years. Then it became obvious that the government had won the last election with stolen money and they woke up somewhat.
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This would be amazing. Absolutley amazing. The Blogosphere is buzzing with all the potential people who could join this network and it just is amazing. Did I mention this is amazing!?!?!
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OH please! Provide me with some links!
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