Vol. 141, No. 22 — October 31, 2007

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SI/2007-96 October 31, 2007

BROADCASTING ACT

Order Referring Back to the CRTC Decision CRTC 2007-246 to Amend the Broadcasting Licence of Avis de recherche inc.

P.C. 2007-1604 October 18, 2007

Whereas the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ("the Commission") made a decision, contained within Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-246 of July 24, 2007, to amend the broadcasting licence of Avis de recherche inc. to operate a French-language Category 2 specialty television service known as Avis de Recherche;

Whereas, subsequent to the making of the decision to amend the broadcasting licence of Avis de recherche inc., the Governor in Council received petitions requesting that the decision be referred back to the Commission for reconsideration and hearing of the matter;

Whereas the Governor in Council, having considered those petitions, is satisfied that the decision to amend the broadcasting licence of Avis de recherche inc. derogates from the attainment of the objectives of the broadcasting policy set out in subsection 3(1) of the Broadcasting Act (see footnote a), and in particular subparagraph 3(1)(d)(ii), paragraphs 3(1)(e) and (f) and subparagraphs 3(1)(i)(v) and (s)(i) of that Act;

And whereas the Governor in Council is of the opinion that any service considered by the Commission to be of exceptional importance should be subject to conditions of licence that encourage the attainment of those objectives;

Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, pursuant to section 28 of the Broadcasting Act (see footnote b),

(a) hereby refers back to the Commission for reconsideration and hearing the decision, contained within Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-246 of July 24, 2007, to amend the broadcasting licence of Avis de recherche inc. to operate a French-language Category 2 specialty television service known as Avis de Recherche, and

(b) is of the opinion that it is material to the reconsideration and hearing that the Commission re-examine the conditions of licence imposed on Avis de recherche inc. in terms of its qualification as a service of exceptional importance giving it the right to be distributed on the digital basic service.

Footnote a

S.C. 1991, c. 11

Footnote b

S.C. 1991, c. 11

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