Finance Minister Jim Flaherty: Radio Licence

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty Dept: OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty urged the federal broadcast regulator to grant a radio licence to a company in his Ontario riding even though government rules on cabinet responsibility forbid ministers from influencing the decisions of administrative tribunals, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The broadcaster, based in Flaherty's Whitby-Oshawa riding, was one of several applicants last year for the hotly contested spot on the FM dial. The company which already has country and rock radio stations in Oshawa and Hamilton was proposing an easy-listening outlet and a letter from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty to the CRTC on March 30, 2012, is shown in this handout image. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty urged the federal broadcast regulator to grant a radio licence to a company in his Ontario riding even though cabinet ethics rules forbid ministers from influencing the decisions of administrative tribunals. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO In his letter to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, Flaherty praised Durham Radio Inc.'s bid to obtain a licence to operate a new FM station for the Toronto area. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.