Speakers' Corner, Singapore to these free speech concerns, Speakers' Corner was created as local adaptation of the Speakers' Corner in Hyde Park, London, in 2000. In a 1999 interview with "New York Times" columnist William Safire, the Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said the idea had first been suggested by the Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, but Goh felt that it was not yet the right time to set it up. The following year, the Government decided to go ahead despite its fear of potential public disorder, as the idea enjoyed widespread support from the public and civil society groups. During a Parliamentary
Speakers' Corner (TV series) "Citycapsula" is free. An Alberta version, "Speakers' Corner Alberta", aired on Access TV from October 2003 until April 2008. In the fall of 2006 the Citytv stations in Calgary and Edmonton started airing the AccessTV "Speaker's Corner Alberta" as they were both owned by CHUM. "Speakers' Corner Alberta" was cancelled in April 2008 due to changes in both companies. A French version of "Speakers' Corner", called "VoxPop", operated at MusiquePlus in Montreal. It operated from the early 1990s until the early 2000s. Rogers Media, which had acquired the Citytv stations from CHUM Limited in 2007, announced the cancellation of the