Morning Update: Canada's emergency alerts are being used more often, but their funding model is shrinking

Good morning, Cable-television subscribers will continue to fund Canada's life-saving alerting system for at least three more years after the CRTC chose not to adjust an arrangement government officials have suggested is unsustainable. The increased use of the alert system is prompting much of the concern. Alerts on the system have been sent a record 993 times so far in 2023. In the previous three years combined, 1,179 were sent. On the other hand, the cable-TV industry is shrinking. By just renewing the licences, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is not holding hearings that would have provided an opportunity…