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The Ottawan Broadcasting Corporation (OBC), known in Frankish as the Société Radio-Outaouais (SRO), is the public broadcaster and media and news agency of the Dominion of the Ottawas. Both the Engellsh and Frankish divisions of the OBC operate nation-wide, pursuant to the Ottawas' policy of official bilingualism at the federal level.

Currently, the OBC operates three primary services:​

• OBC Engellsh - The Engellsh-language radio, TV, and internet service;​
• Radio-Outaouais en francique - The Frankish-language radio, TV, and internet service; and​
• SRC-OBC Indigenous Service - The OBC branch focusing on programming for Ottawan Indigenous Nations in their own languages, as well as the the two official languages (note: this service is only offered locally in areas inhabited by each Indigenous Nation).​

The OBC's programming includes television, radio, and internet-based services, all of which are available free of charge throughout the Ottawas. Premium subscription services and international broadcasting are also offered, the latter being particularly helpful for those wishing to learn Frankish and Westernesse Engellsh.

Both the Engellsh- and Frankish-language OBC primary services have four main branches:​

• News (OBC News / Radio-Outaouais Actualités);​
• Entertainment (OBC Sports / Radio-Outaouais Divertissement);​
• Sports (OBC Sports / Radio-Outaouais Sport); and​
• Culture (OBC Culture / Radio-Outaouais Culture).​

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Pannonian refugees in the Ottawas, 2 years later

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Refugees from Ex-Pannonia meet with local government officials at Beauport Intl Airport
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Posted: June 27, 2022, 2:30 PM EST

Two years have elapsed since the Ottawas first started accepting refugees from the former Republic of Pannonia, in late spring 2020. In the time since, much has changed in Pannonia and Europe, but the circumstances which led many to flee their home for the frosty, distant land of maples and beavers have hardly subsided. With the years going by, many Pannonians have integrated into their new home, building links with compatriots and locals alike; some do not wish to go back, while others are still hoping for peace and stability to return to central Gallo-Germania. Regardless of their dreams, however, all Pannonians still strongly remember their homeland and their journey across the Thaumatic.

"It was quite a rainy day, even for May in Beauport," says Master Corporal William McLeod, the pilot of one of the first flights of the Royal Ottawan Air Force to touch down at Pierre de Coligny International Airport. "We had a military transport plane designed to carry troops and supplies. It was normally rated for 200 people, but we put as many as we could in there—nobody wanted to leave family behind, you see, and we didn't want to leave them there." According to records of the Royal Ottawan Armed Forces, some 267 people landed from Master Corporal McLeod's plane. Most of them were women, children, and elderly, and only a handful of fighting-age men were on board. "The Pannonians didn't want to let them go—every side wanted to conscript them. In the end, we had to haggle and offer them supplies in exchange for the refugees."

One of the young men on board was then-16-year old Márton Horváth, or Martin as his Ottawan peers call him. "I still remember coming here for the first time," he tells us. "The weather was so cold and foggy, maybe 19 degrees? In Kipest, at this time of the year, you'd get 30 degrees at least. We got off the plane and there were people dressed in traditional costumes, Pannonian and Ottawan, who handed us sweets, clothes and brochures." He opens his coat to reveal a bright red t-shirt with a white beaver, the national animal of the Ottawas. "It might seem funny now, but to me, at the time, it meant the world. Especially since I couldn't speak a word of Frankish." Since then, Márton's family has moved to Saint James, in the southern Lower Ottawa, where they have settled. His mother took up work as a cashier, while his father works as a driving instructor. "It's not as prestigious as the jobs they used to have, but it pays the bills—and it certainly beats having bombs dropped around you."

In the years since the Pannonian refugees first reached Ottawan seaports and airports, many have struggled to find work of the skill level and social standing that they used to enjoy in their native land. Many degrees remained unrecognised, and complex licensing requirements, as well as a weak knowledge of Frankish and Engellsh, often block many but the most well-educated and fortunate among the refugees from climbing up the social ladder. Still, the refugees generally report that they found a warm welcome and plenty of material and social support. For instance, Márton has become captain of the varsity basketball team, and a popular member of the student association. "I miss home," he tells us, "but I can't imagine going back there. I've made a new life here... whereas, back there, there's scarcely anything left." His brother, János, still dreams of going home; he has struggled more with school and with socialising, and he prefers to spend his time with other Pannonians. Lately, however, he too has started to open up, as he prepares to head off to university.

"Every Pannonian family has their own tale," their mother, 47-year old Mária, tells us. "They're all complicated and hard to put into words. We love our old home, and we also love our new one. Isn't that natural?" And yet, at the end of two years, the first home seems just as distant—and the second one, just as complicated.

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Supreme Court upholds dual citizenship prohibition

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Posted: June 27, 2022, 2:30 PM EST

The Supreme Court of the Ottawas has upheld a federal government ban on dual citizenship, which was instituted both as a condition for the acquisition of Ottawan nationality by naturalised aliens, as well as for its retention by Ottawan nationals who would otherwise qualify for more than one nationality. "It is repugnant to the fundamental underpinnings of our Constitution that one should claim to be a subject of two sovereigns," said Chief Justice John Bartholomew Mackenzie, who wrote the majority opinion. "One cannot, truthfully and in good faith, claim to be a true and loyal subject of both Her Majesty in right of the Ottawas and of a foreign Sovereign, whether that be a Monarch or a Sovereign State, all at the same time." Ottawan law has long held that, in order to acquire Ottawan nationality, one must swear an oath renouncing their allegiance to any foreign state. Whereas this had long been considered to be a binding declaration, a provincial court ruled in 2016 that this was not the case—prompting the federal government of then-Prime Minister Hugh Shaw to pass the Federal Nationality Reform Act, which explicitly forbade dual citizenship.

Whereas the Act seemed to pose few issues at first, the arrival of the Pannonian Refugees, the first large wave of foreign newcomers since immigration restrictions were tightened in the 1970s, would put the ban to the test. In 2021, Eszter Szabó, a native of Pannonia, married Jordan Owenson, a native-born Ottawan national, thereby acquiring Ottawan nationality; however, upon being informed that she would have to renounce her Pannonian citizenship, Mrs. Owenson refused to do so. In response, the Ministry of the Interior stripped Mrs. Owenson of her Ottawan citizenship, an act to which she responded by filing suit in the Superior Court of the Province of Hochelaga, petitioning the Court to strike down the Federal Nationality Reform Act as violating the equality protections of the Constitution. The Superior Court, whose Chief Justice had issued the 2016 decision that first prompted the enactment of the dual citizenship ban, accepted Mrs. Owenson's petition; however, the Court of Appeal overturned the decision and upheld the Act's constitutionality, as did the Supreme Court in its recent decision.

The decision caused diverse political reactions. On the one hand, the governing National Party (NP) of Prime Minister Jean-Guy Laval as well as former Prime Minister Hugh Shaw praised the Supreme Court's ruling, as did the Western Cantons Alliance (WCA). The leader of the WCA, Mr. George James Peel, who is in coalition with the NP, stated that "the decision was a victory for all Ottawans wishing to uphold the sanctity of our nationality, which we had to fight hard and wait long to obtain." The leader of the official opposition, Mr. Guillaume Roy of the Patriotic Party (PP), was also supportive of the decision, owing to his party's commitment to civic nationalism—an ideology which arguably would be hard to reconcile with multiple citizenships. "The Patriotic Party has long stood for equality, and this decision promotes equality—namely, the equality of all citizens in terms of both rights and obligations," Mr. Roy told OBC reporters during a press conference. On the other hand, the left-wing Union of Progressive Forces was not alone in its condemnation of the decision, being joined by a host of immigrants' rights groups, who staged a small protest in downtown Hull and Beauport earlier today.

According to polls, the dual citizenship ban remains wildly popular among Ottawans, with nearly 78% of all Ottawans supporting the measure. First-generation immigrants are slightly less enthusiastic, at 71%, though by the second generation, this rises to 79%, slighlty surpassing the figures for other citizens. Nevertheless, as immigrants and their descendants continue to grow as a percentage of the population, one wonders whether such attitudes will change.

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TRANSMISSION SERVICE: OBC INTERNATIONAL
DATE & TIME: 09/07/2022, 18:00 EST
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"This is Hull calling. You are listening to OBC International—the Ottawan Broadcasting Corporation, International Service."

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"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I am Scott Rogers and welcome to the evening news broadcast of the Ottawan Broadcasting Corporation, International Service. It is currently 6:00 PM in Hull, while it is 11:00 PM in Dulwich and 7:00 PM in New Union City. Please note that a complete weather report will be given by my colleague, Heather Smith, after the main news report."

"Our first story of the evening concerns an update on the tragic bombing incident in Kremlyov, where the wedding of the Tarusan Crown Prince was being held. The bombing blast has reportedly killed both Tsar Yuri Kiselev of @Tarusa and President Olivia Harper Poole of @Natal, while injuring President José Constanza of @San Jose. His Excellency Governor-General Gaspard de Châtillon, who was in Kremlyov to attend the internationally important occasion, remains safe and unharmed, as verified by his team of doctors. There is no reliable information as of yet on the origins or purpose of this heinous attack; however, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Mr. Sébastien La Roche, has expressed his condolences to all nations whose leaders were harmed, while also offering to throw 'the full weight of the Ottawas' resources and capabilities' behind the effort to find the authors of this atrocity and bring them to justice. [...]"

"On to our second story for tonight, which much closer to home, where Franklin Northwest Mining Company's deal with the Miners' Union has been approved by the Athapescow Superior Court, thereby formalizing the settlement between the two parties of the class action filed by the miners against their employer. The Ladytown-based international mining giant was slapped with a massive class action lawsuit following the discovery of corporate records pointing to its knowledge of the inadequecy of its workplace safety policy in the aftermath of a collapse that trapped nearly a hundred miners and caused the deaths of thirty more. In addition to what has been called the 'greatest mining catastrophe in Ottawan history', Franklin Northwest Mining was faced with a month-long strike in response to its failure to raise workers' pay to match inflation for over a decade. The settlement marks a near complete victory for the miners on both counts. Nevertheless, confidence in the Company remains strong, partly due to the early successes of its newly undertaken arctic and antarctic deep sea drilling operations. Whereas environmental groups have expressed concerns, the federal government in Hull has expressed its complete support for the crucial industrial giant. [...]"

"Finally, to conclude our list of stories for tonight, the Royal Ottawan Constabulary (ROC) has announced a major bust of drug-smuggling and construction-related corruption networks in six cities, including Hull, Beauport, and New Grosvenor, as well as nearby urban centres in @The Federation of Westernesse. The networks were affiliated with the camorra, a @Radilo -based global criminal organisation, which has become infamous for its role in organised crime in Westernesse through its contacts in Italian-speaking communities in the region. An ROC spokesman called the bust 'of historic significance' but refused to provide further details, claiming that more in-depth information would be provided as the trials connected to the bust progressed. [...]"

"This concludes the evening news broadcast of the Ottawan Broadcasting Corporation, International Service. Thank you for tuning in and see you tomorrow, at this time at 5875 kHz. God save the Queen and Heaven bless the Maple Leaf forever!"

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Old Geese win majority for first time in twenty years

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A view of the federal parliament of the Ottawas from the surrounding gardens
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Posted: July 18, 2022, 10:00 AM EST

The snap election called by former Prime Minister Jean-Guy Laval seems to have backfired spectacularly, as the official opposition, the People's Party (PP) of Guillaume Roy unseated Mr. Laval's National Party (NP) to win an absolute majority in the Legislative Assembly. This marks a historic victory for the Old Geese, as the PP is known, who have not formed a government in almost twenty years, since the short-lived premiership of Jane Bosworth in 2002. For their part, the Beavers, as the NP is commonly referred to, failed to win voters over with last-minute subsidies and other measures to curb growing fuel price rises and other cost of living hikes that had outraged the electorate over the last few months. Thus, Mr. Laval was forced to resign, given that his strategy of calling an election now to avoid even worse results come fall only succeeded in handing power in Hull to the Old Geese.

While the Beavers were left to leak their wounds and search for another leader without a clear successor to Mr. Laval in sight, the two other opposition parties were left with a different shift in political dynamics. The Western Cantons Alliance (WCA or "Engell Bears"), which only runs candidates in the three Engell Catholic provinces that form its electoral heartland, was faced with the loss of several seats to the progressive and traditionally francophone-heavy Union of Progressive Forces (UFP or "Caribous"). The Caribous have always played second fiddle to the WCA in the Western Cantons, owing to the region's strong working class and industrial character; however, as a growing shift to the services sector joins with creeping urbanisation to transform the electoral map, the UFP had long seemed poised to make a breakthrough in the region. 2022, it seems finally produced that shift. Notably, as the Cantons slowly but surely secularise, and as more immigrants dilute the region's strong ethnic bloc vote character, the UFP seems to be the most rapidly growing party in the resource-rich Ottawan West.

Back in Hull, all eyes remain fixed on Mr. Roy and his new PP majority, which has dyed the lower house of the United Parliament of the Ottawas blue - even if the upper house, the Legislative Council, remains under the control of the opposition. Mr. Roy run on an innovative platform that stressed the need to adopt more free trade reforms, both with traditional partners like @The Federation and @Great Engellex, as well as neighbours like @Natal and @Oneida, and nations around the globe, all the way to @Tianlong. Mr. Roy notably earned the support of many immigrant and immigrant-descended Ottawans, who form a growing part of the electorate, by promising to recognise the credentials of new Ottawans, instead of relegating them to "overqualified blue collar workers for jobs other Ottawans don't want". This approach ties hand in hand with Mr. Roy's social strategy, which aims to forge a new civic identity for the Ottawas, which integrates and welcomes the cultures and contributions of all Ottawans - and not just of the two major founding ethnic and religious groups.

Nonetheless, with all the fanfare and excitement surrounding this election, one group remains highly skeptical: the Ottawas' Indigenous Nations. No sooner had the election been called than the National Council of Aboriginal Ottawans called on the Old Geese to take concrete steps to address historic discrimination and ongoing quality of life issues and unresolved grievances with indigenous groups, chiefly including the lack of drinkable water in many Aboriginal settlements and the legacy of the Ottawas' residential school system. While Mr. Roy has indeed planned a meeting with various indigenous Chiefs, it remains to be seen whether the summit will bear fruit, or whether it will be just another in a series of empty photo ops by Ottawan politicians.

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New gov't revamps immigration, naturalisation

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New Ottawans swearing an oath at a citizenship ceremony in New Grosvenor
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Posted: July 26, 2022, 3:00 PM EST

New Prime Minister Guillaume Roy's liberal government has already made good on one of its core promises by enacting a new Immigration and Nationality Act, commonly referred to as Bill O-26. Bill O-26 would enact a series of sweeping amendments to the nationality and immigration process to improve integration of newcomers, reduce discrimination and disparate effects, and attract more international talent and high-quality immigrants. First and foremost, the new act would put in place a reformed points system targeting educated and skilled immigrants with families. As a caveat to this reform, the act would also recognise foreign degrees held by newcomers, following a short equivalency verification process, to allow newcomers to work in their fields, rather than wasting expertise by reducing them to menial labour or forcing them to undertake new studies in their existing field of experience.

Bill O-26 would also better distribute immigrants among provinces and regions within those provinces, hoping to improve integration by spreading newcomers around to different communities in smaller numbers, rather than concentrating them all in a few major urban centres. This would prevent ghettoisation while also reducing discrimination and alienation by giving native Ottawans and new citizens a chance to come into contact throughout the country. To ensure successful integration, immigrants would now be distributed in ways that respect existing linguistic and cultural lines in communities, aleviating the concerns of many Ottawans regarding a shift in demographic and electoral balances due to immigration.

The law has retained the requirement that new Ottawans give up other nationalities. However, an exception has been carved out for indigenous Ottawans who have links to communities across the border to tribal groups in @The Federation of Westernesse, @Natal or @Oneida. Per this exception, indigenous Ottawans can apply to hold more than one citizenship were necessitated by such links, while citizens of neighbouring countries who have links to indigenous groups in the Ottawas will be granted special privileges of visitation, transit and residency in the Ottawas.

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