A group called Avaaz.org operating out of New York City is warning their supporters that SUN TV News Channel, which has yet to launch, will bring “American-style hate media onto our airwaves.” Odd, I didn’t realize that Manhattan was part of Canada.

Proof that this outfit and campaign is being run out of New York can be seen in the e-mail they are sending to their Canadian supporters and anyone who signs the petition. In the e-mail, Avaaz refers to Sun Media as Suncor.

Suncor of course does not own this newspaper nor are they applying for a TV Licence; they are an oil and gas company based in Calgary.

But obviously this American outfit knows what is best for Canadians.

The deluded people behind this campaign base their assumption on quite a bit of their own hatred and a groundless column from the Globe and Mail’s Lawrence Martin.

In an August 19 column, Martin claimed that if the Canada’s broadcast regulator the CRTC does not grant Sun Media the TV licence they want, that Prime Minister Stephen Harper would replace Konrad von Finckenstein as chair of the CRTC.

more… http://www.calgarysun.com/news/canada/2010/09/01/15217091.html