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Decision

Ottawa, 17 April 1998

Decision CRTC 98-130

Paleajook Eskimo Co-operative Limited

Taloyoak, Northwest Territories - 199714316

Acquisition of assets

1. Following a Public Hearing held in the National Capital Region beginning on 16 February 1998, the Commission approves the application for authority to acquire the assets of the cable distribution undertaking serving Taloyoak, from Aqsaqniq Cable Limited, and for a broadcasting licence to continue the operation of this undertaking.

2. The Commission will issue a Class 3 licence to Paleajook Eskimo Co-operative Limited, expiring 31 August 2001, the current expiry date, upon surrender of the current licence. The operation of this undertaking will be regulated pursuant to Parts 1 and 3 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations. The authority granted herein is subject to the same conditions as those in effect under the current licence, as well as to any other condition specified in this decision and in the licence to be issued.

3. It is a condition of licence that, for community programming and any other programming of a service that it originates, the licensee adhere to the guidelines on the depiction of violence in television programming set out in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Voluntary Code Regarding Violence in Television Programming, as amended from time to time and approved by the Commission.

4. In Public Notice CRTC 1992-59 dated 1 September 1992 and entitled Implementation of an Employment Equity Policy, the Commission announced that the employment equity practices of broadcasters would be subject to examination by the Commission. In this regard, the Commission encourages the licensee to consider employment equity issues in its hiring practices and in all other aspects of its management of human resources.

This decision is to be appended to the licence.

Laura M. Talbot-Allan
Secretary General

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