CPAC's Mission Statement:

CPAC's mandate is to provide a screen-based platform for civil discussion of public policy, political and parliamentary issues affecting Canadians.

CPAC's programming policy seeks to foster this mandate by:

• Ensuring balance in coverage of issues;
• Seeking a variety of voices;
• Providing the opportunity for all participants to make their point;
• Seeking to inform rather than challenge.

CPAC's Programming Principles:

• CPAC must broadcast live gavel-to-gavel coverage of the proceedings of the House of Commons as well as gavel-to-gavel coverage of both House and Senate Committees provided to CPAC;
• CPAC will not present its own editorial position in any of the programming which it distributes;
• CPAC will present a balance of diverse points of view and, in particular, represent the various views held by Canadians in the different regions of the country;
• CPAC's programming must reflect Canada's dual linguistic nature; and
• CPAC's programming will not contain any commercial content.