Al Jazeera is again trying to enter the Canadian broadcasting market. This time though an English service sister channel. Tony Burman, the former editor-in-chief of CBC News now runs the English version Al Jazeera news service based in Qatar.
Five years ago the CRTC granted the Arabic-language Al Jazeera permission to broadcast in Canada – but with strict provisions that proved too burdensome that no cable carrier would touch the channel.

The Toronto Rap Project

 
When certain politicians and media started to question whether rap music had anything to do with rising gun violence in the city – I decided to produce and direct the feature length documentary, The Toronto Rap Project. It premiered at the 2006 ReelWorld Film Festival where it went onto capture two awards.

Further proof that new media and old media can play nice together. Shinan Govani from the National Post newspaper sourced my “The Politics of the Money Shot” post from HoundsTV.com

TORONTO (HoundsTV) Oct, 2004 – Al Jazeera senior news producer Hassan Ibrahim spoke to HoundsTV in 2004 regarding the channel broadcasting in Canada amid strict provisions by CRTC.