Jack Van Impe Ministries and Global TV Presents: A study in fear, hate and evangelical christian bigotry

Jack Van Impe Ministries Presents

Doom & gloom prophecies, idiotic conspiracy theories, hate & fear mongering and a nasty dose of evangelical intolerance. All this and more brought to you by Canwest Global TV.

*This website has no affiliation with the likes of Jack Van Impe Ministries or Canwest Global TV.

Two Sociopaths at Large

I am a retired social worker and after nearly a year of investigating the relationship between Canwest Global TV and the Jack Van Impe Ministries I am stunned by what I have uncovered, a blatant cover up.

I am taking this action because I am offended by Jack Van Impe's irrational rants about the end of the world, that Christianity is a war with Islam, and that Muslims hate Jews. Jack Van Impe's insidious messages of doom and intolerance has a detrimental effect on children and could cause harm to Muslims and minorities in general.

We cannot change Jack Van Impe's message but we can stop Canwest Global TV from broadcasting his program. Canadians need to know Global TV is ignoring existing broadcasting regulations set forth by the Television Broadcast Act, CAB Code of Ethics and The Human Rights Act when they broadcast Jack Van Impe Presents.

Jack Van Impe Ministries Presents is a Evangelical Christian "infomercial" or U.S. paid religious programming as Global TV likes to call it. Unlike most mainstream religious programming this program spews forth only fear, hate and bigotry, not peace, love and tolerance that responsible religious programming provides.

The premise of the Jack Van Impe Ministries Presents program is as follows; the broadcast starts with Jack Van Impe's wife Rexella reading only the headlines (typically taken from right wing sources) from the previous week's news. Newspaper headlines are written in a manner to get the reader's attention and it's necessary to read the entire article BUT Rexella reads the headline then looks at Jack and says "Oh Jack what do you think of that?" Jack then deviously bastardizes the news to make biblical prophecies sound relevant to current events. For example the H1N1 outbreak was a sign of pestilence, Iran's threatening Israel means that the end is coming soon, Russia, Iran and N. Korea's belligerence towards the USA is somehow in the bible. N. Korea who now has nukes AND missiles and fits nicely into Van Impe's version of the end of days. Van Impe predicts the world will end on 21/12/2012. The end will come when America defends Israel from Islam and there is "the most terrible of wars" and all will die EXCEPT born again Christians. Jesus will return once the Jews have converted into Christianity. What a load of crap. No self respecting Jew would want to be a Christian.

So in his words if a person is a Jew or Muslim (same god and heaven as the Christians) he/she will suffer greatly and will not be saved. This is bigotry. Excluding someone because their beliefs are different than yours.

After scaring folks with his doom and gloom he tries to sell his books and dvd's about the end of the world and how you can save yourself (simple you become a born again Christian). His end of days prediction is akin to doomsday cults who predict the end of the world or to the extreme the Aryan Nation goofballs saying only whites should have rights or live for that matter. When you take away the religious smokescreen one can see there is no difference.

As I have previously stated Jack Van Impe Ministries Presents is not religious programming as defined by the CRTC, it is an "infomercial" masquerading as religious/news program. For 10 years Global has spread Van Impe's message of fear, hate, intolerance, bigotry and please buy our merchandise and it has to stop.

Canwest Global TV's "Conscience of Convenience" vs. Good Corporate Citizenship

Global TV in Winnipeg airs The Jack Van Impe Ministries Presents, Sunday at 8:30 a.m.. At this hour many children are watching cartoons or adventure shows and their parents are doing chores or whatever. The last thing they need to hear is the world is going to end on Dec. 21/2012 or that there is going to be a horrible war and only a certain brand of Christian will be saved. This doom and gloom message is insidious and his anti Islamic rhetoric is simply outrageous and dangerous. On May 31/09 Jack Van Impe looked into the camera and said, "Christianity is at war with Islam". Two Sundays later he regurgitated this gem..."Muslims hate Jews". Lately he has said Kaleik Sheik Mohammed should be executed without trial (lynching) and that alcoholics and drug addicts are sinners and will not go to heaven. I don't think AA will appreciate that stupid remark.

Here is a link to Media Awareness where you will find an article about the effects of doom and gloom news has on children. Global like to use this site as a reference when they try to justify airing Van Impe.

On February 24/09, I complained to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council that Global TV was broadcasting messages of hate and fear and that Global TV needed to insert a verbal warning to parents that the following program is not suitable for anyone under 14 and the content may offend some people. That's all I asked. Global's reply was NO and that Van Impe's remarks were "his opinion" implying religious freedom of speech. Freedom of Speech (there is no such thing as "religious freedom of speech") is an American term in the First Amendment of the US Constitution Bill of Rights. Canada has laws restricting what can be said; The CAB code of ethics and The Television Broadcast Act state it's the broadcasters responsibility to ensure no offensive remarks are aired. The response I received to my complaint from Global was deceptive. Scroll down for Global's inane response. I have appealed Global's decision to a CBSC 6 member panel, so far this has taken 11 months. I was informed on Oct. 20/09 by the CBSC that the panel will review my complaint soon, it seems they think this is an important issue or it wouldn't have gotten this far BUT 11 months? The CBSC originally said it would take 6 months and they would take this issue seriously as it concerned children and minority groups.

Re: Jack Van Impe Presents(CBSC File C08/09-0691)

Dear Mr. G.

We are in receipt of your letter via the CBSC regarding Global Television's broadcast of Jack Van Impe Presents, January 25, 2009 at 8:30am on CKND Global Winnipeg. In your letter, you have expressed concerns regarding inappropriate content: violence and language. Let me begin by saying that as responsible broadcasters, we are sensitive to the members of our viewing audience and we apologize if this show offended you; I assure you that it was not our intention to do so.
Under the Broadcasting Act, broadcasters are required to provide a broad spectrum of entertainment and information programming for "men, women and children of all ages, interests and tastes. Television programming is required to be diverse and appealing to a wide range of audiences. Before we decide to broadcast a program, our Programming Department screens it to ensure it is suitable for broadcast. The determination of suitability includes ensuring that the broadcast would not contravene applicable broadcast laws and industry codes including, but not limited to, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) "Code of Ethics", "Equitable Portrayal Code for Television and Radio Programming", and "CAB Violence Code". As a result, what one viewer might consider an interesting or informative program might lead another to turn the channel.

Clause 8 of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) Code of Ethics states:
Broadcasters should endeavour to make available to the community adequate opportunity for presentation of religious messages and should also endeavour to assist in all ways open to them the furtherance of religious activities in the community.

Jack Van Impe Presents is a religious program featuring American televangelist Jack Van Impe and his wife citing passages from the scripture and compares what is written, to how it relates (in his opinion) to the events going on in the world today. With the above in mind, the following disclaimers are aired at the top of every broadcast. 'The opinions expressed in the following program are those of the participant and do not necessarily reflect those of Global Television.'

Michelle Medford (who I call the deceiver) from Global TV wrote the above drivel not once but in 3 responses. She failed to add the 2nd paragraph of clause 8, read it and you will see why. Scroll down a bit for CAB Clause 8 in it's entirety, the red text is the part she left out. Readers can go to the CBSC website (see link below) to verify. It's time for the Global TV programming director to step up and take responsibility for his/her poor judgment in airing Jack Van Impe Presents when they know full well they are breaking The Television Broadcast Act (which is the LAW), the CAB Code of Ethics as well as Human Right Act (the LAW). If the response I receive from Global TV is full of deception and outright lies I'm going to call them on it. When asked, Medford seems to think it's okay for shows like the Family Guy or CSI to have to verbal warning but she says it's up to parents to monitor their children when it comes to Jack Van Impe Presents. The whole idea of the warnings (AVGOT) is to provide another tool for parents to help them make sure their kids aren't watching programs like Jack Van Impe Presents.

Global has broadcast hateful remarks in 1996 and had to apologize to an ethnic community in Winnipeg    http://www.infoukes.com/politics/cbs60minutes/global_tv_apology/ so it's not like I'm the first person to call Global on what it broadcasts.

CAB Code of Ethics:
Clause 8 - Religious Programming:

"Broadcasters should endeavour to make available to the community adequate opportunity for presentation of religious messages and should also endeavour to assist in all ways open to them the furtherance of religious activities in the community.

Recognizing the purpose of the religious broadcast to be that of promoting the spiritual harmony and understanding of humanity and of administering broadly to the varied religious needs of the community, it shall be the responsibility of each broadcaster to ensure that its religious broadcasts, which reach persons of all creeds and races simultaneously, shall not be used to convey attacks upon another race or religion."

How convenient... leave out the part (in the red text) which shows Global breaking the CAB Code of Ethics along the Television Broadcasting Regulations, 5b. and The Human Rights Act.

CAB Code of Ethics:
Clause 2 - Human Rights

Recognizing that every person has the right to full and equal recognition and to enjoy certain fundamental rights and freedoms, broadcasters shall ensure that their programming contains no abusive or unduly discriminatory material or comment which is based on matters of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or physical or mental disability.

Television Broadcasting Regulations, 1987

PROGRAMMING CONTENT

5. (1) A licensee shall not broadcast
(a) anything in contravention of the law;
(b) any abusive comment or abusive pictorial representation that, when taken in context, tends to or is likely to expose an individual or a group or class of individuals to hatred or contempt on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age or mental or physical disability;
(c) any obscene or profane language or pictorial representation; or
(d) any false or misleading news.

Global breaks regulation 5 (b) and (d). Van Impe attacks other groups on a regular basis, come to think of it that's all he does, that's what the show is about ... hate and fear.

Canadian Human Rights Act (R.S., 1985, c. H-6)

Hate messages

13. (1) It is a discriminatory practice for a person or a group of persons acting in concert to communicate telephonically or to cause to be so communicated, repeatedly, in whole or in part by means of the facilities of a telecommunication undertaking within the legislative authority of Parliament, any matter that is likely to expose a person or persons to hatred or contempt by reason of the fact that that person or those persons are identifiable on the basis of a prohibited ground of discrimination.

If someone has a complaint with the CBSC then the CRTC will not look at it until the appeal is heard. My next step was to complain to the Advertising Standards Council.

Advertising Standards rule 11: Superstitions and Fears
"Advertisements must not exploit superstitions or play upon fears to mislead the consumer".

This show exists on exploiting people's superstitions and fears. He tries to frighten people into buying his dvd's. I feel children, morons, idiots, the elderly, lonely and infirm are targets of Van Impe. Unfortunately for reasons beyond me the Advertising Standards have informed me they have no jurisdiction (a huge loophole) as Jack Van Impe Ministries presents is USA based paid religious programming.

Everyone needs to remember that Jack Van Impe Ministries Presents really an infomercial. The Van Impe Ministries pays Canwest Global TV to broadcast the program and "something" is prohibiting Global from putting a VERBAL parental warning before it's broadcast or Global would have done it for the kids long ago. When I first complained I was told there was a 15 second PG warning at the beginning of the broadcast, when I checked the following week there wasn't. So for years Global failed to add a PG to warn parents. I had to bring it to their attention (isn't that correct Craig Junner from Global TV) and they finally added the warning.

Jack Van Impe Ministries gets it's revenue via a " $24.95 donation" for his dvd's and $59.95 for Jack Van Impe's version of the Bible. I recently checked Alexa and almost 16% of his website traffic is Canadian so let's assume that 16% of his sales come from Canada as well. I have mailed a request to JVIM for their Tax Form 990 (which they must disclose) to reveal revenue from sales in Canada. The poor suckers that are frightened by his end of days prophecies purchase his dvd's in order to save themselves or at least find out what they are trying to save themselves from. It is a scam. Van Impe pays Global to air his fear mongering and frightened people in Canada send their hard earned cash to the USA. Nothing stays in Canada except Canwest Global's "cut" or "broadcast fee". Jack Van Impe Ministries has a P.O. Box in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, across the river from Detroit and Troy Michigan, where the Van Impe Ministries headquarters is located. I recently checked out the Jack Van Impe Ministries web site and noticed that program has spread to the Atlantic Provinces and Alberta thanks to Global TV. When I started this Van Impe Presents was only available on some Christian cable channels and Global broadcast it in Winnipeg and on BCTV. It's interesting that the major US broadcasters (FOX,ABC,NBC,CBS) do not air Jack Van Impe Presents, it can be found on Trinity Broadcasting or CTN and the like.

The Jack Van Impe Ministries does NOTHING in Canada to help the poor or infirm. There is no food bank or food kitchen.

Revenue Canada may be able to go after Canwest Global for back taxes because if Jack Van Impe Presents is found by the CRTC not to be "religious programming" they may have gotten tax breaks over the years. Maybe that is why they are so resistant to placing the verbal warning. That is moot now as we want the program taken off the air in Canada because it breaks the law. Global TV's disclaimer that "they do not agree with the preceding program blah blah blah", only proves that they think Van Impe's message is dangerous and are covering their legal asses. Unbelievable, ignore the doom and gloom and bigotry to make a buck.

btw Canwest Global is in bankruptcy so I guess they need the money.

So to sum up, Jack Van Impe is a bigot and he profits from fear and hate mongering. Canwest Global Tv knowingly and willingly broadcasts his message of intolerance which make them just as guilty of spreading messages of hate. So folks if you are a Christian or of another faith or no faith and Van Impe and Global TV offends you should contact:

CRTC www.crtc.gc.ca also cc CBSC www.cbsc.ca and Global TV KClout@globaltv.com
or MMedford@globaltv.com   Tim Jones is Global Winnipeg Station Manager TJones@globaltv.com

Don't be surprised by Karen Clout's deceptive reply, it seems she is now doing M. Medford's job of bullshitting folks who complain about the content of Van Impe's message. Just read her letter to Mr. Dahl below and you will see what I mean.

It's very hard to get the message out, the broadcasters stick together and Global is in attack mode. A couple of months ago I dropped a Van Impe "bomb" at Viewers.ca on the Global TV thread. I explained the situation and provided a link to this site. I was in the vipers den folks and the reaction was ....well readers need to go to this thread and read some of the posts. By their reaction I can see I hit a nerve. Remember some of the posters are Global employees. It's hilarious the way they reacted to the truth especially the last post, I could imagine the whining
as I read it.
If you go to the real Jack Van Impe website you will find a TV schedule and a list of stations that broadcast his show in Canada. You can go to Global's website to get a list of station managers for stations in your area that airs this program.

Shame on you Leonard Asper owner of Canwest Global and brother of Gail Asper president of the Asper Foundation, who also spearheads the Canadian Human Rights Museum project in Winnipeg. What will it be Aspers, profit from hate, fear and bigotry by airing Jack Van Impe Ministries Presents or Human Rights. They don't go together very well now do they?

My Email

Links:

Broadcast Standards       www.cbsc.ca

CRTC in Canada             www.crtc.gc.ca

FCC in America            www.fcc.gov

Advertising Standards      www.adstandards.com

Human Rights Museum       www.humanrightsmuseum.ca

Rabble/Babble Forum         www.Rabble.ca

The Effects Doom and Gloom Messages Have On Kids

The following emails are an exchange between a supporter and Karen Clout manager of regulatory affairs for Global TV who insists on leaving out vital information thus deceiving Mr Dahl. The second paragraph of the CAB Code Of Ethics clause 8. This is the same BS I have been talking about and this email is more proof of their negligence and willingness to deceive anyone who calls them on Van Impe. By doing so they are admitting guilt.

Instead of defending or justifying their decision to broadcast Van Impe they attack me by saying this website is one sided. Or they attempt to make me look like some irrational person just out to get Global. Just how irrational is it to use grassroots protests, the regulatory bodies of broadcasting and this frigging website.
Clout calls the site one sided. Someone please explain to me a positive aspect of Global broadcasting Van Impe's message of intolerance and what happened to "balance in broadcasting" that's supposed to be adhered to. I don't see any Muslim programming on Global that could counter Van Impe's rants, it's all evangelical christian services.

What is surprising and quite unprofessional is that she attacked me in an email response to a concern Mr. Dahl had to a program Global TV aired in Winnipeg. Then she quotes clause 8 saying this is why we do it and that we can do it but leaves out the part where the regulatory bodies says she can't. You see there is a common thread between Clause 8 and clause 2 of CAB, The Human Rights Act (13) and Television Broadcast Act (5b) all to do with verbal attacks on other religions, races, etc.
There are only 3 complaints from me on file so there must be 4 from others who are offended. So what if I put in a complaint if I see something wrong like Van Impe saying "MUSLIMS HATE JEWS". This is typical of Clout she either exaggerates or just makes stuff up as she goes along. I have never received a straight answer out of Karen Clout or Michelle Medford re: Muslims hate Jews statements. And to suggest that my site is not accurate, the links are there to the CBSC, Human Rights Act, Television Broadcast Act, the rules and regulations are correct. The file # for the CBSC is posted. What's not correct? What I find suspicious is the length of time this has taken for the CBSC to make a decision, nearly 1 year. I now have proof they are using delaying tactics. I recently received an email with some info and a link.
Karen Clout's boss over at Global TV is Charlotte Bell a Conservative lobbyist and the vice-president of Regulatory Affairs for Canwest Global. Recently she got herself into hot water, click on the Charlotte Bell link above. Now I know we have a problem, the same people who made the decision to broadcast Van Impe also monitor themselves via the CSBC and some are Harper neocon cronies. Jack Van Impe is a neocon too, besides his extreme right wing views he attacks President Obama vehemently just like Glen Beck or Bill O'Reily do on FOX. I find it worrisome that a so called religious program is allowed to attack a political leader, very wrong and very sleazy on Canwest Global's part or should we call them FOX North or better yet FOX LITE.

Self regulatory bodies don't work, we all know that but I thought I'd give it a shot. Again folks it's been a year!

Directors, Television Board:

IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMs.
Charlotte Bell, Senior Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, Canwest, Don Mills

CAB Television Council
Ms. Charlotte Bell, Senior Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs, Canwest, Toronto
For a list of all the CSBC members click here

From: GooGoo Dahl [mailto:googoo_dahl@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 3:36 PM
To: Jones, Tim (Global Winnipeg )
Subject: what the heck is going on?

Good day,

I was recently at Rabble.ca a forum for progressive types and media folks and I came across a thread about Global TV broadcasting hate messages by Jack Van Impe Ministries presents aired on Global Winnipeg at 8:30 Sunday mornings. I must say that is totally inappropriate. The content of that so called religious program is for adults only anyone under 14 should not be viewing this program. With statements like "Muslims hate Jews" and "Christianity is at war with Islam" Van Impe breeds hate and contempt for the Muslim world.
May I suggest you go to www.jackvanimpe.ca   a website that seems hell bent (no pun intended) on exposing Global for breaking Human Rights Laws, The Television Broadcasting Act and your own CAB Code of Ethics for broadcasting Van Impe's message of intolerance and hate.
I'd like your reaction before I put my own complaint in with the CRTC (I'm not going to bother with CBSC) it's only fair.

Sincerely,

G.G.Dahl

From: Jones, Tim (Global Winnipeg )
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 11:54 AM
To: 'GooGoo Dahl'
Subject: RE: what the heck is going on?

Thanks very much for your email.

I have forwarded your comments to our regulatory group who are quite familiar with this website as well as the Broadcasting Act and the CAB Code of Ethics.

You can expect a response in the very near future.

Best regards

TJ

Tim Jones
General Manager/General Sales Manager
Global Television Winnipeg
30th Floor, 201 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB   R3B 3K6
t. 204 - 235-8559
f. 204 - 235-8502
tjones@globaltv.com
www.globalwinnipeg.com

"We are in charge of our attitudes"


January 8th 2010

Mr. Goo Goo Dahl,

Thank you for your email to Global Television. It appears you are referring to information posted on a website about one of the shows that airs on Global Television and not a specific episode of the Jack Van Impe Show that actually aired on Global. We have absolutely no control over what people post on their websites nor whether or not the information they post is accurate. The website you are referring to (www.jackvanimpe.ca) is the opinion of one man who complains about the show constantly to the CBSC and his complaints are currently awaiting a panel decision.

The fact is, in the last 10 years we have had only 7 complaints about the Jack Van Impe show � 5 of these were in 2009 from this same man. We are not the only broadcaster who air the Jack Van Impe program in Canada , however, he only mentions Global on his website. Please keep in mind when viewing this one-sided website that he did not include the numerous emails and voicemails he�s sent to us on this subject. We officially responded to his complaints until the CBSC told us we were no longer required to do so.

Here is what we told the website author about airing the Jack Van Impe Show:

Under the Broadcasting Act, broadcasters are required to provide a broad spectrum of entertainment and information programming for "men, women and children of all ages, interests and tastes". Television programming is required to be diverse and appealing to a wide range of audiences. Before we decide to broadcast a program, our Programming Department screens it to ensure it is suitable for broadcast. The determination of suitability includes ensuring that the broadcast would not contravene applicable broadcast laws and industry codes including, but not limited to, the Canadian Association of Broadcasters� (CAB) �Code of Ethics�, �Equitable Portrayal Code for Television and Radio Programming�, and �CAB Violence Code�. As a result, what one viewer might consider an interesting or informative program might lead another to turn the channel.

Global Television adheres to the television rating system created by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) and the Action Group on Violence on Television (AGVOT). This six-level rating system is used to classify any levels of violence, language or sex/nudity in all drama, feature film and children�s programming broadcast in Canada . These classifications allow viewers to use V-chip technology, which is built into almost all television sets, to screen out programs with mature subject matter that they do not wish to watch. This public rating system is intended to advise viewers of a program�s content in order to allow you, the viewer to determine a program�s suitability for your own viewing needs and desires. As required, an on-screen key airs for the first fifteen seconds of the program and a matching V-Chip data is encoded into our transmission for the entire duration of the program. Jack Van Impe Presents is now rated �PG�. Programming with this classification may contain themes which might not be suitable for viewers under the age of 8. As well, parents should be aware that there might be elements, such as limited sexual reference or content, which some could consider inappropriate for unsupervised viewing by children in the 8-13 age range.

Clause 8 of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' (CAB) Code of Ethics states:

Broadcasters should endeavour to make available to the community adequate opportunity for presentation of religious messages and should also endeavour to assist in all ways open to them the furtherance of religious activities in the community.

Jack Van Impe Presents is a religious program featuring American televangelist Jack Van Impe and his wife citing passages from the scripture and compares what is written, to how it relates (in his opinion) to the events going on in the world today.

With the above in mind, the following disclaimers are aired at the top of every broadcast.

�The opinions expressed in the following program are those of the participant and do not necessarily reflect those of Global Television.�

Although there may be skepticism about of Jack Van Impe�s style of reporting, Canadian broadcasters are entitled to air this type of programming. The broadcaster's jurisdiction relates solely to what was broadcast on air.

Sincerely,

Karen Clout
Manager, Regulatory Affairs
121 Bloor St. E, 16th Floor
Toronto, ON M4W 3M5

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RE: what the heck is going on?Saturday, January 9, 2010 1:15 PM
From: "GooGoo Dahl" Add sender to Contacts
To: "Tim (Global Winnipeg)Jones"
Mr. Jones,

The response I received from K. Clout was not an honest one, it was full of false statements and deceit. Why does Global continue to quote CAB clause 8 only the first part and call the website one sided? I'll run it by you. Clause 2 is basically the same taken from Human Rights Act.

Clause 8 - Religious Programming

Broadcasters should endeavour to make available to the community adequate opportunity for presentation of religious messages and should also endeavour to assist in all ways open to them the furtherance of religious activities in the community. Recognizing the purpose of the religious broadcast to be that of promoting the spiritual harmony and understanding of humanity and of administering broadly to the varied religious needs of the community, it shall be the responsibility of each broadcaster to ensure that its religious broadcasts, which reach persons of all creeds and races simultaneously, shall not be used to convey attacks upon another race or religion.

The Human Rights Act and The Television Broadcast Act have similar clauses so just how can you justify broadcasting Jack van Impe Ministries Presents every Sunday morning at 8:30 when kids and adults of different faiths may be watching or at least hear about the televangelist spewing hate messages via Global.

In her final remark Clout writes Although there may be skepticism about of Jack Van Impe�s style of reporting, Canadian broadcasters are entitled to air this type of programming. The broadcaster's jurisdiction relates solely to what was broadcast on air.

That statement just shows you she has no idea what she is talking about. I don't even understand the point she's trying to make. Global is responsible for the content that is aired, simple. The website she refers to also has a link in which Global TV had to apologize to the Ukranian community because of what was said on 60 minutes back in 1996 I think. Do you really think everyone is ignorant/stupid and can't do a decent Google search or read rules and regulations. Google jack van impe global tv and see what you get, it's not pretty.

Do the right thing and pull the show. Take responsibility for your actions and apologize to the Muslim community for 10 years of airing hate messages via Van Impe. Remember there is no freedom of speech in Canada, that is only an American term, the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights in the American Constitution.
Our Human Rights Act acts as a check and balance, thankfully. Google it Tim.
It's your station and it's your responsibility to make things right. You need to realize you are breaking the law by broadcasting Van Impe's messages of hate and intolerance and could be fined or even have your broadcast license suspended by the CRTC. I'm sure the Muslim community in Winnipeg would have a case for a civil law suit. Why risk all that.

GG Dahl

Jack Van Impe Ministries Presents †

Doom and gloom prophecies with a nasty dose of bigotry.

Jack Van Impe Ministries