Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2016-64

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References: 2016-64-1, 2016-64-2, 2016-64-3, 2016-64-4 and 2016-64-5

Ottawa, 19 February 2016

Notice of hearing

16 May 2016
Vancouver, British Columbia

Deadline for submission of interventions/comments/answers: 21 March 2016

[Submit an intervention/comment/answer or view related documents]

The Commission will hold a hearing commencing on 16 May 2016 at 9 a.m., at the Vancouver Convention Centre, 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, to consider the following applications:

Applicant and locality

  1. Sher-E-Punjab Radio Broadcasting Inc.
    Vancouver, British Columbia
    Application 2015-0048-9
  2. Spice Media Group Inc.
    Surrey, British Columbia
    Application 2015-1123-8
  3. South Fraser Broadcasting Inc.
    Vancouver, British Columbia
    Application 2015-1110-6
  4. South Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc.
    Surrey, British Columbia
    Application 2015-0173-4
  5. Radio India Ltd.
    Surrey, British Columbia
    Applications 2015-1113-9 and 2015-1115-5
  6. Ethnic Channels Group Limited
    Surrey, British Columbia
    Application 2015-1120-5
  7. Akash Broadcasting Inc.
    Surrey, British Columbia
    Application 2015-1165-0
  8. Ravinder Singh Pannu, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
    Surrey, British Columbia
    Application 2015-1111-3
  9. Radio India Ltd.
    Vancouver, British Columbia
    Application 2015-1118-9
  10. Rogers Media Inc., on behalf of Vice Network Canada Inc.
    Toronto, Ontario
    Applications 2015-1338-3 and 2015-1403-4
  11. Durham Radio Inc.
    Haldimand County, Ontario
    Applications 2015-1355-7, 2015-1335-9 and 2015-1337-5
  12. Aupe Cultural Enhancement Society
    Campbell River, British Columbia
    Application 2015-1395-3

Preamble for items 1 to 9

On 29 June 2015, the Commission issued Call for applications - Radio stations to serve Vancouver, British Columbia, Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2015-288 (Broadcasting Notice of Consultation 2015-288), calling for applications for broadcasting licences for radio stations to serve Vancouver, British Columbia. The Commission's preliminary view was that the Vancouver market would best be served by proposals targeting ethnic communities. However, it did not preclude any other types of applications being submitted. The Commission indicated that applications were to include all of the information requested in the appendices to that notice of consultation, failing which the application would not be considered as part of the process.

In response to this call, the Commission has received a number of applications for new ethnic radio stations to serve Vancouver and Surrey, as well as an application from a Vancouver ethnic radio licensee for a technical change involving the addition of a transmitter in Surrey.

Items 4 to 7 are technically mutually exclusive since the applicants propose to use frequency 89.1 MHz or 89.3 MHz.

Items 8 and 9 are technically mutually exclusive since the applicants propose to use frequency 106.9 MHz.

Several applicants proposed alternative frequencies and supported their proposals by providing technical suitability documentation. These proposals will be considered in this process and are identified in this notice. Consistent with the approach set out in Broadcasting Notice of Consultation 2015-288, the Commission will not consider any alternative frequencies other than those identified in this notice.

The applications for items 1 to 9 will be treated as competitive radio applications for the Vancouver radio market.

Preamble for items 10 to 12

The Commission intends to consider, subject to interventions, items 10 to 12 during the non-appearing phase of the hearing.

1. Sher-E-Punjab Radio Broadcasting Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Application 2015-0048-9

Application by Sher-E-Punjab Radio Broadcasting Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial AM radio station in Vancouver.

The station would operate at 600 kHz (class B) with a daytime and night-time transmitter power of 10,000 watts.

The applicant states that it would adhere to a condition of licence requiring it to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of 19 cultural groups in at least 17 different languages each broadcast week.

It further states that 100% of the total programming broadcast each broadcast week would be devoted to ethnic programming and 85% would be devoted to third-language programming.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant's address:

1228-20800 Westminster Highway
Richmond, British Columbia
V6V 2W3
Fax: 604-279-1550
Email: badh.gurdial@gmail.com
Email to request electronic version of application: badh.gurdial@gmail.com

2. Spice Media Group Inc.
Surrey, British Columbia
Application 2015-1123-8

Application by Spice Media Group Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial AM radio station in Surrey.

The station would operate at 900 kHz (class B) with a daytime and night-time transmitter power of 10,000 watts.

The applicant also submitted an alternative proposal to operate the station at 106.9 MHz (channel 295A) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 197 watts (maximum ERP of 500 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 130.3 metres).

The applicant states that it would adhere to a condition of licence requiring it to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of 18 cultural groups in at least 10 different languages each broadcast week.

It further states that 98% of the total programming to be broadcast each broadcast week would be devoted to ethnic programming and 98% would be devoted to third-language programming.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant's address:

202-8334 128th Street
Surrey, British Columbia
V3W 4G2
Email: spicemedia900@gmail.com
Email to request electronic version of application: spicemedia900@gmail.com

3. South Fraser Broadcasting Inc.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Application 2015-1110-6

Application by South Fraser Broadcasting Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Surrey.

The station would operate at 91.5 MHz (channel 218A) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 222 watts (maximum ERP of 650 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 158.9 metres).

The applicant states that it would adhere to a condition of licence requiring it to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of 14 cultural groups in at least 14 different languages each broadcast week.

It further states that 90% of the total programming to be broadcast each broadcast week would be devoted to ethnic programming and 60% would be devoted to third-language programming.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant's address:

c/o Fasken Martineau
Attention Steve Lukas
2900-550 Burrard Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6C 0A3
Fax: 604-631-3232
Email: suki@sukibadh.com
Email to request electronic version of application: suki@sukibadh.com

4. South Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc.
Surrey, British Columbia
Application 2015-0173-4

Application by South Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc. to amend the broadcasting licence for the ethnic commercial specialty radio station CKYE-FM Vancouver, British Columbia, by adding an FM transmitter in Surrey to rebroadcast the programming of CKYE-FM.

The new transmitter would operate at 89.1 MHz (channel 206A) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 83 watts (maximum ERP of 250 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 123.3 metres).

According to the applicant, the addition of the transmitter in Surrey would address the reception problem in CKYE-FM's primary (3mV/m) contour caused by the HD IBOC transmissions from the radio station KISM Bellingham, Washington, which operates at 92.9 MHz and thus broadcasts on the first adjacent frequency to CKYE-FM, which operates at 93.1 MHz.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant's address:

c/o Mark Lewis, Partner, Lewis Birnberg Hanet, LLP
201-8383A 128th Street
Surrey, British Columbia
V3W 4G1
Fax: 416-865-1018
Email: mlewis@lbhmedialaw.com
Email to request electronic version of application: bijoy@redfm.ca

5. Radio India Ltd.
Surrey, British Columbia
Applications 2015-1113-9 and 2015-1115-5

Applications by Radio India Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic  commercial FM specialty radio station in Surrey.

The station would operate at 89.3 MHz (channel 207A) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 302 watts (maximum ERP of 1,000 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain (EHAAT) of 123 metres).

The applicant also submitted an alternative proposal (application 2015-1115-5) to operate the station at 91.5 MHz (channel 218A) with an average ERP of 290 watts (maximum ERP of 1,000 watts with an EHAAT of 104.3 metres).

The applicant states that it would adhere to a condition of licence requiring it to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of 25 cultural groups in at least 15 different languages each broadcast week.

It further states that 100% of the total programming to be broadcast during the broadcast week would be devoted to ethnic programming and 95% would be devoted to third-language programming.

Radio India Ltd. also filed an application (2015-1118-9) (see item 9) for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Vancouver.

The Commission may withdraw these applications from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that these applications are technically acceptable.

Applicant's address:

201-12830 80th Avenue
Surrey, British Columbia
V3W 3A8
Fax: 450-963-7229
Email: lours2003@videotron.ca, sharongill@radioindialtd.com
Website to view application: www.radioindia.ca
Email to request electronic version of application: lours2003@videotron.ca

6. Ethnic Channels Group Limited
Surrey, British Columbia
Application 2015-1120-5

Application by Ethnic Channels Group Limited for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Surrey.

The station would operate at 89.3 MHz (channel 207A) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 302 watts (maximum ERP of 1,000 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 123 metres).

The applicant states that it would adhere to a condition of licence requiring it to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of 12 cultural groups in at least 12 different languages each broadcast week.

It further states that 80% of the total programming to be broadcast each broadcast week would be devoted to ethnic programming and 80% would be devoted to third-language programming.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant's address:

907 Alness Street
Toronto, Ontario
M3J 2J1
Fax: 416-736-7677
Email: moniquel@ethnicchannels.com
Email to request electronic version of application: regulatory@ethnicchannels.com

7. Akash Broadcasting Inc.
Surrey, British Columbia
Application 2015-1165-0

Application by Akash Broadcasting Inc. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Surrey.

The station would operate at 89.3 MHz (channel 207A) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 302 watts (maximum ERP of 1,000 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain (EHAAT) of 123 metres).

The applicant also submitted an alternative proposal to operate the station at 91.5 MHz (channel 218A) with an average ERP of 290 watts (maximum ERP of 1,000 watts with an EHAAT of 121.9 metres).

The applicant states that it would adhere to a condition of licence requiring it to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of 21 cultural groups in at least 14 different languages each broadcast week.

It further states that 100% of the total programming to be broadcast each broadcast week would be devoted to ethnic programming and 77% would be devoted to third-language programming.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant's address:

33-13290 78th Avenue
Surrey, British Columbia
V3W 0H6
Fax: 604-599-6201
Email: fmband@surreyconnectfm.com
Website to view application: www.surreyconnectfm.com
Email to request electronic version of application: fmband@surreyconnectfm.com

8. Ravinder Singh Pannu, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated
Surrey, British Columbia
Application 2015-1111-3

Application by Ravinder Singh Pannu, on behalf of a corporation to be incorporated, for a licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Surrey.

The station would operate at 106.9 MHz (channel 295A) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 197 watts (maximum ERP of 500 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain (EHAAT) of 130.3 metres).

The applicant also submitted two alternative proposals for both an FM and an AM radio station. Under the first alternative proposal, an FM radio station in Surrey would operate at 91.5 MHz (channel 218A) with an average ERP of 291 watts (maximum ERP of 700 watts with an EHAAT of 120.1 metres).

Under the second alternative proposal, an AM radio station in Surrey would operate at 1650 kHz with a daytime and night-time transmitter power of 10,000 watts.

The applicant states that it would adhere to a condition of licence requiring it to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of 15 cultural groups in at least 10 different languages each broadcast week.

Under the original and the first alternative proposals, the applicant states that 100% of the total programming to be broadcast each broadcast week would be devoted to ethnic programming and 58.73% would be devoted to third-language programming.

Under the second alternative proposal, the applicant states that 100% of the total programming to be broadcast each broadcast week would be devoted to ethnic programming and 77.8% would be devoted to third-language programming.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant's address:

9400 Goreway Drive
Brampton, Ontario
L6P 0M7
Email: chilfmradio@gmail.com
Email to request electronic version of application: chilfmradio@gmail.com

9. Radio India Ltd.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Application 2015-1118-9

Application by Radio India Ltd. for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Vancouver.

The station would operate at 106.9 MHz (channel 295A) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 300 watts (maximum ERP of 1,000 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of -64.1 metres).

The applicant states that it would adhere to a condition of licence requiring it to direct ethnic programming to a minimum of 31 cultural groups in at least 20 different languages each broadcast week.

The applicant further states that 100% of the total programming to be broadcast each broadcast week would be devoted to ethnic programming and 95% would be devoted to third-language programming.

Radio India Ltd. also filed applications (2015-1113-9 and 2015-1115-5) (see item 5) for a broadcasting licence to operate an ethnic commercial FM specialty radio station in Surrey. The applicant states that the proposed radio station in Vancouver would rebroadcast the programming of the proposed radio station in Surrey 80% of the time.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant's address:

201-12830 80th Avenue
Surrey, British Columbia
V3W 3A8
Fax: 450-963-7229
Email: lours2003@videotron.ca, sharongill@radioindialtd.com
Website to view application: www.radioindia.ca
Email to request electronic version of application: lours2003@videotron.ca

10. Rogers Media Inc., on behalf of Vice Network Canada Inc.
Toronto, Ontario
Applications 2015-1338-3 and 2015-1403-4

Application by Rogers Media Inc. (RMI) on behalf of Vice Network Canada Inc. (VNC), for authority to effect a multi-step intra-corporate reorganization resulting in the acquisition of assets by VNC of the specialty Category A programming undertaking The Biography Channel from RMI.

The applicant is also requesting a new broadcasting licence to continue the operation of the undertaking while requesting amendments to its conditions of licence.

VNC would be owned by a corporation to be incorporated (Vice Holdco), which in turn would be owned by RMI (70.1%) and Vice Media Canada Inc (29.9%). RMI would control VNC. RMI is controlled by Rogers Communications Inc.

Following completion of the transaction, VNC will become the licensee of The Biography Channel.

The applicant also filed an application (2015-1403-4) for authority to amend the conditions of licence currently in effect in Rogers Media Inc. – Group-based licence renewals, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2014-399, 31 July 2014.

Specifically, the applicant proposes to delete the nature of service condition of licence in accordance with the changes to the genre exclusivity policy announced in Let's Talk TV - The way forward - Creating compelling and diverse Canadian programming, Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-86, 12 March 2015.

The transaction will not affect the effective control of The Biography Channel, which will continue to be exercised ultimately by Rogers Communications Inc.

Applicant's address:

333 Bloor Street
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 1G9
Fax: 416-935-8288
Email: susan.wheeler@rci.rogers.com
Email to request electronic version of application: susan.wheeler@rci.rogers.com

11. Durham Radio Inc.
Haldimand County, Ontario
Applications 2015-1355-7, 2015-1335-9 and 2015-1337-5

Application by Durham Radio Inc. (DRI) for authority to acquire the assets of the English-language commercial radio programming undertaking CKJN-FM Haldimand County, Ontario, from Vista Radio Ltd. (Vista), and for a new broadcasting licence to continue the operation of the undertaking.

Moreover, DRI, on behalf of Vista, is requesting licence and technical amendments for CKJN-FM, as indicated below.

DRI is owned by Douglas E. Kirk (82.6%), Mary L. Kirk (10.9%) and other shareholders (6.5%) and is controlled by Douglas E. Kirk.

Pursuant to the asset purchase and sale agreement, DRI will purchase the assets for $400,000 with adjustments. DRI has requested to be exempted from paying tangible benefits and offers instead to make a contribution of $50,000 to Canadian content development over five consecutive broadcast years ($10,000 per broadcast year).

Following completion of the transaction, DRI will become the licensee of CKJN-FM.

In application 2015-1337-5, DRI, on behalf of Vista, is requesting to amend condition of licence 6 for CKJN-FM set out in appendix 2 to Various radio programming undertakings – Acquisition of assets, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2012-577, 19 October 2012.

Specifically, it wishes that the current percentage of Canadian musical selections that must be broadcast each broadcast week be reduced from 60% to 35%, as follows:

6. The licensee shall, as an exception to the percentage of Canadian musical selections set out in sections 2.2(8) and 2.2(9) of the Radio Regulations, 1986 (the Regulations), in any broadcast week:

  1. devote, in that broadcast week, 35% or more of its musical selections from content category 2 (Popular music) to Canadian selections broadcast in their entirety; and
  2. devote, between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., in the period from Monday to Friday of the same broadcast week, 35% or more of its musical selections from content category 2 to Canadian selections broadcast in their entirety.

According to DRI, on behalf of Vista, this licence amendment would make CKJN-FM more competitive with other Canadian stations and with unregulated U.S. stations.

In application 2015-1335-9, DRI, on behalf of Vista, is requesting to change the authorized contours of CKJN-FM by increasing the average effective radiated power (ERP) from 2,500 to 3,750 watts (maximum ERP from 10,000 to 15,000 watts) and by decreasing the effective height of antenna above average terrain from 109.4 to 108.6 metres.

The population served under the proposed coverage contours would increase from 14,734 to 28,173 in the 3mV/m contour and from 474,686 to 497,457 in the 0.5 mV/m contour.

DRI, on behalf of Vista, states that this change would serve to enhance coverage of the Haldimand County to serve the population of Hagersville and Dunnville.

It also states that this application is severable from applications 2015-1355-7 and 2015-1337-5.

Applicant's address:

207-1200 Airport Boulevard
Oshawa, Ontario
L1J 8P5
Fax: 905-571-1150
Email: doug@kx96.fm
Email to request electronic version of application: doug@kx96.fm

12. Aupe Cultural Enhancement Society
Campbell River, British Columbia
Application 2015-1395-3

Application by Aupe Cultural Enhancement Society for a broadcasting licence to operate a Type B Native FM radio station in Campbell River.

The station would operate at 100.7 MHz (channel 264C1) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 3,800 watts (maximum ERP of 8,000 watts with an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 277 metres).

The applicant proposes to broadcast 126 hours of local programming each broadcast week, with a minimum of 6 hours in the Comox language.

The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least twenty days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.

Applicant's address:

1218 Bute Crescent
Campbell River, British Columbia
V9H 1G5
Email: campbellriverfm@telus.net
Email to request electronic version of application: campbellriverfm@telus.net

Procedure

Deadline for interventions, comments or answers

21 March 2016

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure (the Rules of Procedure) apply to the present proceeding. The Rules of Procedure set out, among other things, the rules for content, format, filing and service of interventions, answer, replies and requests for information; the procedure for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure; and the conduct of public hearings. Accordingly, the procedure set out below must be read in conjunction with the Rules of Procedure and related documents, which can be found on the Commission's website under “Statutes and Regulations.” Guidelines on the CRTC Rules of Practice and Procedure, Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-959, 23 December 2010, provides information to help interested persons and parties understand the Rules of Procedure so that they can more effectively participate in Commission proceedings.

An intervention or an answer from a respondent must be filed with the Commission and served on the applicant on or before the above-mentioned date. An answer from a respondent must also be served on any other respondent.

Interventions and answers must clearly identify the application referred to and indicate whether parties support or oppose the application, or, if they propose changes to it, include the facts and grounds for their proposal.

For applications to be considered during the appearing phase of the hearing, the intervention or answer must include one of the following statements in either the first or the last paragraph:

  1. I request to appear at the public hearing.
  2. I do not want to appear at the public hearing.

Parties are permitted to coordinate, organize, and file, in a single submission, interventions by other interested persons who share their position but do not wish to appear at the hearing. Information on how to file this type of submission, known as a joint supporting intervention, as well as a template for the covering letter to be filed by the parties, can be found in Changes to certain practices for filing interventions – Expansion of filing practices to include the filing of joint supporting comments for broadcasting policy proceedings, Broadcasting Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-28-1, 10 December 2010.

The Commission encourages interested persons and parties to monitor the record of the proceeding, available on the Commission's website, for additional information that they may find useful when preparing their submissions.

Submissions longer than five pages should include a summary. Each paragraph of all submissions should be numbered, and the line ***End of document*** should follow the last paragraph. This will help the Commission verify that the document has not been damaged during electronic transmission.

Pursuant to Filing submissions for Commission proceedings in accessible formats, Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2015-242, 8 June 2015, the Commission expects incorporated entities and associations, and encourages all Canadians, to file submissions for Commission proceedings in accessible formats (for example, text-based file formats that allow text to be enlarged or modified, or read by screen readers). To provide assistance in this regard, the Commission has posted on its website guidelines for preparing documents in accessible formats.

Submissions must be filed by sending them to the Secretary General of the Commission using only one of the following means:

by completing the
[Intervention/comment/answer form]

or

by mail to
CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2

or

by fax at
819-994-0218

A true copy of each intervention or answer from a respondent must be sent to the applicant and, in the case of a respondent to an application, to any other respondent.

Parties who send documents electronically must ensure that they will be able to prove, upon Commission request, that service/filing of a particular document was completed. Accordingly, parties must keep proof of the sending and receipt of each document for 180 days after the date on which the document is filed. The Commission advises parties who file and serve documents by electronic means to exercise caution when using email for the service of documents, as it may be difficult to establish that service has occurred.

In accordance with the Rules of Procedure, a document must be received by the Commission and all relevant parties by 5 p.m. Vancouver time (8 p.m. Ottawa time) on the date it is due. Parties are responsible for ensuring the timely delivery of their submissions and will not be notified if their submissions are received after the deadline. Late submissions, including those due to postal delays, will not be considered by the Commission and will not be made part of the public record.

The Commission will not formally acknowledge submissions. It will, however, fully consider all submissions, which will form part of the public record of the proceeding, provided that the procedure for filing set out above has been followed.

In the event that an application to be considered during the non-appearing phase of the hearing is brought to the oral phase of the hearing, and if parties wish to appear, they must provide reasons why their written interventions or answers are not sufficient and why an appearance is necessary. Parties requiring communication support must state their request on the first page of their intervention. Only those parties whose requests to appear have been granted will be contacted by the Commission and invited to appear at the public hearing.

Persons requiring communications support such as assistance listening devices and sign language interpretation are requested to inform the Commission at least twenty (20) days before the commencement of the public hearing so that the necessary arrangements can be made.

Important notice

All information that parties provide as part of this public process, except information designated confidential, whether sent by postal mail, facsimile, email or through the Commission's website at www.crtc.gc.ca, becomes part of a publicly accessible file and will be posted on the Commission's website. This information includes personal information, such as full names, email addresses, postal/street addresses, telephone and facsimile numbers, etc.

The personal information that parties 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.

Documents received electronically or otherwise will be put on the Commission's website in their entirety exactly as received, 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.

The information that parties provide to the Commission as part of this public process is entered into an unsearchable database dedicated to this specific public process. This database is accessible only from the web page of this particular public process. As a result, a general search of the Commission's website with the help of either its own search engine or a third-party search engine will not provide access to the information that was provided as part of this public process.

Availability of documents

Electronic versions of the applications are available on the Commission's website at www.crtc.gc.ca by selecting the application number within this notice. They are also available from the applicants, either on their websites or upon request by contacting the applicants at their email addresses, provided above.

Electronic versions of the interventions and answers, as well as of other documents referred to in this notice, are available on the Commission's website at www.crtc.gc.ca by visiting the “Participate” section, selecting “Submit Ideas and Comments,” and then selecting “our open processes.” Documents can then be accessed by clicking on the links in the “Subject” and “Related Documents” columns associated with this particular notice.

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