1936 | The CBC is created by the Radio Broadcasting Act |
1938 | Select Standing Committee reviews the policies of the CBC and issues supportive report |
1939 | Select Standing Committee reviews the CBC and issues supportive report |
1942 | Select Standing Committee reviews the CBC and issues report that supports the single national broadcasting system, but is critical of CBC's board and management |
1947 | Special Parliamentary Committee reports |
1950 | House Committee on Broadcasting reports |
1951 | Massey: Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences |
| | Special Committee on Radio Broadcasting |
1955 | Fowler: Royal Commission on Broadcasting |
1959 | Special Committee of the House of commons reviews broadcasting and the CBC |
| | BBG forms a consultative committee on public broadcasting (CBC's President, 2 CBC vice-presidents, 5 members of the BBG) |
1958 | Broadcasting Act, 1958 |
1960 | Glassco: Royal Commission on Government Organization |
1961 | Special Committee of the House of Commons reviews broadcasting and the CBC |
1963 | "Troika" consultative committee appointed to advise Cabinet on general broadcasting matters (heads of the BBG, CBC and CAB) |
1965 | Fowler: Advisory Committee on Broadcasting |
1966 | White Paper on Broadcasting |
| | Standing Committee on Broadcasting, Films and Assistance to the Arts holds meetings to consider the controversy related to "This Hour Has Seven Days" |
1967 | Standing Committee on Broadcasting, Films and Assistance to the Arts holds meetings to consider the government's White Paper on Broadcasting |
1968 | Broadcasting Act, 1968 |
| | Standing Committee on Broadcasting, Films and Assistance to the Arts holds meetings to consider the information programming carried by CBC's Frenchlanguage service |
| | CRTC holds hearing to consider CBC's information programming standards related to broadcast of "Air of Death" |
1970 | Davey committee: Special Senate Committee on Mass Media |
1974 | CRTC holds public hearing to consider renewal of CBC's radio and television licences (Decision CRTC 74-70) |
1977 | CRTC committee of inquiry into manner in which CBC is fulfilling its mandate as Canada's national broadcasting service |
1978 | CRTC holds public hearing to renew CBC radio licences |
1979 | Clyne committee Report of the Consultative Committee on the Implications of Telecommunications for Canadian Sovereignty |
1982 | Applebaum-Hebert: Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee |
1983 | Federal government: new Broadcasting Strategy for Canada |
| | DOC: Building for the Future: Towards a Distinctive CBC |
1984 | Federal-Provincial Committee on the Future of French-language Television issued report |
| | Neilsen report: Federal Task Force on Program Review published its recommendations on culture and communications |
1986 | Caplan-Sauvageau: Task Force on Broadcasting Policy |
1987 | CRTC holds public hearing about the licence renewals of CBC's television networks (Decision CRTC 87-140) |
| | House of Commons Standing Committee on Communications and Culture releases Fifth Report (27 April) and Sixth Report (4 May 1987) |
| | CRTC holds public hearing about the licence renewals of CBC's radio networks (Decision CRTC 88-181) |
1988 | CRTC holds public hearings about the licence renewals of CBC's ownedandoperated television stations |
1991 | Broadcasting Act 1991 |
| | Girard-Peters Task Force: Report on the Economic Status of Television |
| | June — CRTC approves CBC's decisions, in response to budget reductions, to close eleven originating television stations |
1992 | CRTC holds public hearing to consider the licence renewal of CBC's radio networks (Decision CRTC 93-95) |
1994 | March 1994 — CRTC licence renewal hearing for television network licences |
1995 | Parliamentary Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage: The Future of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in the Multi-Channel Universe. |
1996 | Juneau Committee: Mandate Review Committee of the CBC, NFB and Telefilm Canada |
1999 | Parliamentary Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage: "The Committee recognizes the CBC's position at the very heart of cultural expression in Canada." (p. 53) |
| | CRTC holds public hearing and regional consultations to consider the licence renewal of CBC's networks and stations |
2003 | Parliamentary Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage issues a report on the state of Canada's broadcasting system |