Talk:Canwest

Shouldn't there be something in the article about Canwest Global and Goldman Sachs buying Alliance Atlantis? Tomcat335 22:44, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Done and done. JacobTwo 04:18, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

CanWest owns The New Republic magazine

It should be stated that CanWest now holds a major share of The New Republic magazine (TNR) in the United States.

This link addresses the changes at TNR: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2878.html

BlueVet --BlueVet 20:14, 24 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by BlueVet (talk • contribs) 22:13, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Move request

I think the article should be renamed "Canwest" (or go back to the old name). Only an admin can do the move, I think. --Rob (talk) 21:51, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

the best way to talk about bankruptcy

I think we can all agree that the company has finally made the sane move and filed for bankruptcy protection after several years of denial and some degree of honest effort on the part of Mr. Asper. Global and the National Post will very likely now be put up for auction. (If you don't like the expression "put up for auction" then all I can say is I'm sorry you're upset but seriously, you might not actually understand what's going on here.)

In light of this situation (i.e. the largest media bankruptcy in Canadian history, which is getting coverage in newspapers worldwide), do you think it might be helpful to expand on the topic beyond the following sentence? (which btw violates wikipedia standards - subject of article is not allowed to edit article on self, whether it's an individual or a corporation).

Since October 2009, the company has been operating under creditor protection as part of the process to recapitalize the company.[2][3] —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mardiste (talk • contribs) 01:23, 8 October 2009 (UTC)

Not bankruptcy, creditor protection, completely different things.  єmarsee  • Speak up! 00:11, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

The above post clearly has an agenda, so why is this not being pulled also?

Fred C. has left this post with an agenda stay. Quote: "[W]e can all agree that the company has finally made the sane move and filed for bankruptcy protection after several years of denial and some degree of honest effort". It would be dishonest of wiki posters to say this (allow this spin) and then censor facts that say different.

Please explain. --Haida chieftain (talk) 17:25, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

It would be inaccurate to call it bankruptcy protection since there is no such thing in Canadian law.

What is bankruptcy protection?

Canadian companies don't actually file for "bankruptcy protection" when they go to a Canadian court to seek protection from their creditors. They do file for protection from their creditors under the inelegantly named Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. That's a federal law that basically gives a company time to try to work out its financial difficulties with its creditors.

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/01/14/f-bankruptcyprotection.html It's obvious you have an anti-Canwest agenda when you're spewing paragraphs on their supposed "writedown".

 єmarsee  • Speak up! 17:42, 24 December 2009 (UTC)

Elen of the Roads writes -- This information appears to be either unsourced or out of date. Discuss what part of it to add on talk page please.

Fred C. censoring CanWest sharehodler facts too, writes facts are unreferenced, and far too specific.

Like to respond with a question. Are you suggesting that these facts are not true? Please apprecaite these CanWest stock info is directly sourced from CanWest financial filings. Appreciate that CanWest is a stock, share info is what CanWest is. Use the words "as at" to start description of amounts of CanWest shares, as this is how CanWest states it, in its 2009 Annual Report, page 27.

Requesting that Fred C. and Elen of the Roads, respond. The facts are sourced; if you say the facts are unsourced explain. Please demonstrate to wiki readers that you can access CanWest's financial information. No right to censor CanWest shareholder info, if they cannot access basic, rudimentary investing facts. Source: CanWest shareholder info facts at SEDAR http://www.sedar.com/

Test, simple task to confirm certain pages in 2009 CanWest Annual Report are blank: pages 28 and 30. Confirm that page 27 only has the share amounts on it, and the page is blank otherwise. Share amounts referenced here. Confirm that page 28 and page 30 in the 2009 CanWest Annual Report filed on Sedar are blank also. Please demostrate to wiki readers that you can access CanWest financial statements; Waiting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Haida chieftain (talk • contribs) 19:17, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

It's not Wikipedia's duty to be a directory. I believe this would fall under WP:NOTDIR#3. If people wanted to find Canwest's financial statements, they can find them on Canwest's website or SEDAR. It's not that hard. It seems you have a habit to insert fringe information into Wikipedia. If you look at other companies articles, you will find there isn't a section dedicated to resummarizing their annual reports. This article doesn't need a re-summarization of the publicly accessible annual reports.  єmarsee  • Speak up! 19:27, 30 December 2009 (UTC)

To explain, what I can't see is why you want to put this info in the article. The financial statements are a primary source. If you want to make some point (second biggest company making widgets in Nebraska, engaged in dodgy practices on Wall Street or whatever), make the point and support it by adding a secondary source - the financial pages of a newspaper or similar. Don't just dump all this info in the article. You can add links to the financial statements in the external links section. Elen of the Roads (talk) 20:10, 30 December 2009 (UTC)