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Information
August 2, 2001
Statement of Principles and
Practices (condensed version)
This statement has been created
to ensure that CTV and Global continue to contribute to the Broadcasting
Act’s objectives that the Canadian broadcasting system should:
- Safeguard, enrich and
strengthen the cultural, political, social and economic fabric of
Canada;
- Offer programming that
reflects Canadian attitudes, opinions, ideas and values and artistic
creativity;
- Offer different views on
issues of public concern and information and analysis from a Canadian
point of view.
Principles
- CTV and Global will maintain
news management and presentation structures for their conventional TV
operations separate from those of their newspapers. TV news managers
will not be involved in the management of any of their newspapers or
vice versa;
- CTV and Global will each form
a monitoring Committee to deal with complaints from employees and the
public about their compliance with the Statement;
- CTV and Global will inform
their employees and their viewers about the Statement and Committee.
Monitoring Committee structure
- Each Committee will be a
neutral body of three members who are not currently connected to the
licensees or their subsidiaries. CTV and Global will appoint the
members for the duration of their licence terms.
Operation
- The Committee will receive
complaints, investigate where necessary and give a copy of each
complaint to the licensee.
- To investigate, they are
authorized to obtain information from the licensees’ management and
its subsidiaries or any employee involved and to examine any files
relevant to the complaint.
- In an investigation, the
Committee should hear the views of all parties, report to the
licensees’ Board of Directors and make recommendations. The Board
will respond to each recommendation.
- The Committee shall give an
annual report to the Boards of Directors and the CRTC on the
complaints, the recommendations and the licensees’ responses. This
report will be made public.
- Employees appearing before
the Committees will not be sanctioned or lose pay due to the resulting
absences from work.
Reference documents:
News release: CRTC renews CTV and Global's
licences - More quality programming and services
Public Notice CRTC 2001-88
Decisions CRTC 2001-457,
2001-457-1,
2001-457-2,
2001-457-3,
2001-457-4,
2001-457-5,
2001-457-6,
2001-457-7,
2001-457-8,
2001-457-9,
2001-457-10,
2001-457-11,
2001-457-12,
2001-457-13
Decisions CRTC 2001-458,
2001-458-1, 2001-458-2,
2001-458-3,
2001-458-4,
2001-458-5,
2001-458-6,
2001-458-7,
2001-458-8,
2001-458-9,
2001-458-10,
2001-458-11,
2001-458-12,
2001-458-13,
2001-458-14
Decision CRTC 2001-459
Decision CRTC 2001-460
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General Inquiries:
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2
Tel: (819) 997-0313, TDD: (819) 994-0423, Fax: (819) 994-0218
Toll-free # 1-877-249-CRTC (2782), eMail: info@crtc.gc.ca
TDD - Toll-free # 1-877-909-2782
Media Relations:
Denis Carmel, Tel: (819) 997-9403, eMail: denis.carmel@crtc.gc.ca
Date Modified: 2001-08-02
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