Friends of Canadian Media (formerly Friends of Public Broadcasting and Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, styled FRIENDS) is a Canadian advocacy group that monitors developments in the Canadian

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and

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broadcasting industries. The group promotes expansion of

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, investment in

Canadian content Canadian content (abbreviated CanCon, cancon or can-con; ) refers to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) requirements, derived from the Broadcasting Act of Canada, that radio and television broadcasters (inclu ...

, and production of local news while opposing

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and foreign ownership of Canadian broadcasters. In 2023, Friends of Canadian Media called for a two-day boycott of posting on

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and

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after

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' response to the passing of the Online News Act. Friends of Canadian Media presents the Dalton Camp Award, named for journalist and political commentator

Dalton Camp Dalton Kingsley Camp (September 11, 1920 – March 18, 2002) was a Canadians, Canadian journalist, politician, political strategist and commentator, and supporter of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. Although he was never electe ...

. The $10,000 award is presented to the winner of an essay competition on the link between Canadian media and democracy.

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* Political advocacy groups in Canada Radio organizations in Canada Television organizations in Canada {{radio-org-stub

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