Public Notice 1999-2

Application for Certification:
Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec (AJIQ-CSN)
Tribunal File No. 1310-96-0028-A

In accordance with subsection 25(3) of the Status of the Artist Act, the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal hereby gives notice that it has received an application for certification from the Association des journalistes indépendants du Québec. The AJIQ is seeking certification to represent a sector composed of all professional freelance journalists and researchers who are authors of works in French, engaged by a producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act in the following areas : publication or distribution of periodicals, newspaper, magazines, or any other means of publication or distribution, film, video, television, radio and sound-recordings.

Any artists' association that wishes to make a competing application for certification in respect of the same sector or any part of the same sector must file its application for certification no later than February 4, 2000. Any individual or organization that wishes to make representations to the Tribunal regarding the application must notify the Tribunal in writing of their interest no later than February 4, 2000.

Competing applications for certification and expressions of interest must be sent either by facsimile or mail to the:
Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal
8th Floor West, 240 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1A1
Facsimile No. (613) 947-4125.

Josée Dubois
Executive Director