Canada’s largest television providers are removing Russia Today from their services after one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ministers said he opposed the state-owned Russian broadcaster’s presence on the nation’s airwaves.
Rogers Communications Inc. and BCE Inc. said late Sunday that RT will no longer be available to their customers. Rival Telus Corp. said earlier it’s prepared to pull the channel “immediately” if Canada’s broadcast regulator asks it to do so.
The moves come one day after Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez said the government would look at “all options” for removing the Kremlin-controlled channel, amid widespread fury over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
