A stunning admission. Worth repeating.
I was told that, even though cable and Canadian satellite broadcasters could carry it, the show and the network were considered by the government to be too contoversial to be shown in Canada. Too many opinions expressed on Fox would be considered offensive and potentially in violation of Canadian Hate Speech laws.
Thank God I live in the U.S. of A.
Not really . It's not true. This is economics , nothing more.
The Commission approves applications by Rogers Cable Inc., Rogers Cablesystems Ontario Limited/limitée and Rogers Ottawa Limited to change the source of the signals of television stations affiliated with the U.S commercial networks that they distribute on the above-noted cable distribution undertakings serving Ottawa and various locations in Southwestern Ontario. Henceforth, the U.S. commercial television stations distributed on these undertakings will generally be from Detroit, Michigan. 1. .
Essentially, the applicant proposed to replace various signals of television stations that provide the programming of the U.S. commercial networks CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX with signals from similar affiliates in Detroit, Michigan, as well as to make other changes designed to ensure that viewers receive signals of high technical quality.
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2003/db2003-579.htm