Instant World: Another Missed Opportunity?

Although it has been argued in this book that the concept of the right to communicate was “present” in Canada at the same time of its own creation, this chapter details how it turned out to be another “missed opportunity” for Canada in pioneering ideas that still attract attention and spur investigation by communications scholars, human rights activists, democracy advocates, and others interested in the relationship between communications media and freedom of speech, democracy, and human rights.