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Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2006-59
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Ottawa, 8 May 2006 |
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Call for comments – Proposed amendments to the Broadcasting
Distribution Regulations
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In Request to repeal section 22 of the
Broadcasting Distribution Regulations, Broadcasting Public Notice
CRTC 2006-51, 19 April 2006 (Public Notice
2006-51), the Commission announced its
intention to amend section 22 of the Broadcasting Distribution
Regulations. Section 22 currently requires Class 1 broadcasting
distribution undertakings (BDUs), and those Class 2 BDUs that elect
to distribute at least one audio programming service, to distribute
local radio stations, provincial educational radio services and at
least one English- and one French-language CBC radio station. In Public
Notice 2006-51, the Commission decided
to amend section 22 so as to require only that Class 1 BDUs, and those
Class 2 BDUs that elect to distribute audio programming services,
distribute local community, campus and native radio stations, as well
as at least one CBC radio station operating in English and one in
French. |
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A copy of the proposed Regulations
Amending the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations is appended to
this public notice. |
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Call for Comments
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The Commission invites comments on the proposed
amendments, in light of the determinations set out in Public Notice
2006-51. The Commission will accept comments
that it receives on or before 5 June 2006. |
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The Commission will not formally
acknowledge comments. It will, however, fully consider all comments and
they will form part of the public record of the proceeding, provided
that the procedures for filing set out below have been followed. |
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Procedures for filing comments
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Interested parties can file their comments
to the Secretary General of the Commission: |
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- by using the
Broadcasting Intervention/Comments Form
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OR
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by mail to
CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2
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OR
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by fax at
(819) 994-0218
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6. |
Submissions longer than five pages should
include a summary. |
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Please number each paragraph of your
submission. In addition, please enter the line ***End of document***
following the last paragraph. This will help the Commission verify that
the document has not been damaged during transmission. |
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Important notice
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Note that all information that you provide
as part of this public process, except information granted
confidentiality, whether sent by postal mail, facsimile, e-mail or
through the Commission’s web site at www.crtc.gc.ca, becomes part of a
publicly accessible file and will be posted on the Commission’s web
site. This information includes your personal information, such as your
full name, e-mail address, postal/street address, telephone and
facsimile number(s), and any other personal information you provide.
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Documents received electronically or
otherwise will be put on the Commission’s web site in their entirety
exactly as you send them, including any personal information contained
therein, in the official language and format in which they are received.
Documents not received electronically will be available in PDF format.
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10. |
The personal information you provide will
be used and may be disclosed for the purpose for which the information
was obtained or compiled by the Commission, or for a use consistent with
that purpose. |
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The Commission encourages interested
parties to monitor the public examination file and the Commission’s web
site for additional information that they may find useful when preparing
their comments. |
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Examination of public comments and related documents at the
following Commission offices during normal business hours
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Central Building
Les Terrasses de la Chaudière
1 Promenade du Portage, Room 206
Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0N2
Tel: (819) 997-2429 - TDD: 994-0423
Fax: (819) 994-0218 |
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Metropolitan Place
99 Wyse Road
Suite 1410
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4S5
Tel: (902) 426-7997 - TDD: 426-6997
Fax: (902) 426-2721 |
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205 Viger Avenue West
Suite 504
Montréal, Quebec H2Z 1G2
Tel: (514) 283-6607 |
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55 St. Clair Avenue East
Suite 624
Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2
Tel: (416) 952-9096 |
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Kensington Building
275 Portage Avenue
Suite 1810
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3
Tel: (204) 983-6306 - TDD: 983-8274
Fax: (204) 983-6317 |
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Cornwall Professional Building
2125 - 11th Avenue
Room 103
Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3
Tel: (306) 780-3422 |
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10405 Jasper Avenue
Suite 520
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4
Tel: (780) 495-3224 |
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530-580 Hornby Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6
Tel: (604) 666-2111 - TDD: 666-0778
Fax: (604) 666-8322 |
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Secretary General |
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This document is available in alternative
format upon request, and may also be examined in PDF
format or in HTML at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
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REGULATIONS AMENDING THE
BROADCASTING DISTRIBUTION REGULATIONS
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AMENDMENT
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1. Section 22 of the Broadcasting
Distribution Regulations1
is replaced by the following: |
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22. (1) Except as otherwise provided under a condition of its
licence, a Class 1 licensee, and any Class 2 licensee that elects to
distribute an audio programming service in a licensed area, shall
distribute in the licensed area
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(a) the programming services of each local radio station
that is a radio programming undertaking licensed as a campus
station, a community station or a native station; and
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(b) the programming services of at least one radio
station that broadcasts in English and at least one that
broadcasts in French that are owned and operated by the
Corporation.
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(2) Despite subsection (1), a licensee is not required to
distribute the programming service of a digital radio station that
is licensed on a transitional basis.
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COMING INTO FORCE |
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2. These Regulations come into force on
the day on which they are registered. |
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Footnote:
1 SOR/97-555 |
