ARCHIVED - Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2009-8
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Notice of application received |
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Across Canada Deadline for submission of interventions/comments: 28 January 2009 |
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| The Commission has received the following application. | ||
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[Broadcasting intervention/comments form] |
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Canwest Media Inc., on behalf of itself (the limited partner) and Canwest Television GP Inc. (the general partner), carrying on business as Canwest Television Limited Partnership Across Canada Application No. 2008-1642-3 |
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Across Canada Application No. 2008-1642-3 |
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| Application by Canwest Media Inc., on behalf of itself (the limited partner) and Canwest Television GP Inc. (the general partner), carrying on business as Canwest Television Limited Partnership (Canwest) for suspension of the conditions of licence respecting cross-media ownership, in light of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council's (CBSC) Journalistic Independence Code, which was approved in Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-95, 20 October 2008 (Public Notice 2008-95). | ||
| In Licence renewals for the television stations controlled by Global, Decision CRTC 2001-458, 2 August 2001, the Commission imposed a condition of licence requiring Canwest adhere to its Statement of Principles and Practices to ensure the independence and separation of newsrooms of its television services and affiliated newspapers. In that decision, the Commission also stated that it would be prepared to consider suspending the conditions of licence, if the licensee, as a member in good standing with the CBSC, enters into an agreement with the CBSC, resulting in the licensee complying with an industry-wide code of professional conduct approved by the Commission | ||
| As a result of Public Notice 2008-95, the applicant proposes suspending the following conditions of licence through the following amendment indicated by the bold, underlined text: | ||
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3. The licensee shall adhere to the provisions of its Statement of Principles and Practices, as set out in Appendix 1 to Licence renewals for the television stations controlled by Global, Decision CRTC 2001-458, 2 August 2001, including the establishment of an independent monitoring committee as set out in Appendix A to its Statement of Principles and Practices. The application of this condition of licence will be suspended, in light of the Journalistic Independence Code, as long as the licensee is a member in good standing of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. |
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Licensee's address: 121 Bloor Street East Suite 1500 Toronto, Ontario M4W 3M5 Fax: 416-386-2779 E-Mail: ttatto@canwest.com |
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Examination of application: Global BC 7850 Enterprise Street Burnaby, British Columbia E!/CHEK 780 Kings Road Victoria, British Columbia E!/CHBC 342 Leon Avenue Kelowna, British Columbia Global Edmonton 5325 Allard Way Edmonton, Alberta Global Calgary 222 - 23 Street NE Calgary, Alberta Global Lethbridge 1401 - 28 Street North Lethbridge, Alberta E!/CHCA 2840 Bremner Avenue, 2nd floor Red Deer, Alberta Global Regina 370 Hoffer Drive, Regina, Saskatchewan Global Saskatoon 218 Robin Crescent Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Global Winnipeg 30th Floor, Canwest Place 201 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba Global Ontario 81 Barber Greene Road Toronto, Ontario E!/CHCH 163 Jackson Street West Hamilton, Ontario Global Quebec 1600 de Maisonneuve Est, 9th Floor Montréal, Quebec E!/CJNT Montréal 1600 de Maisonneuve Est, 9th Floor Montréal, Quebec Global Maritimes 13 Akerley Boulevard Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
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Public Participation |
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Deadline for Interventions/Comments |
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28 January 2009 |
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| The intervention must be received by the CRTC and by the applicant on or before the above-mentioned date. The Commission cannot be held responsible for postal delays. | ||
| Your intervention will be considered by the Commission, and will form part of the public record of the proceeding without further notification to you, provided the procedure set out below has been followed. You will be contacted only if your submission raises procedural questions. | ||
| Submit your written intervention to the Secretary General of the Commission in only one of the following formats: | ||
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by mail to |
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by fax at |
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| A true copy must be sent to the applicant and proof that this has been done must accompany the intervention sent to the Commission. | ||
| The Commission advises those who file and serve by electronic mode to exercise caution when using e-mail for service of documents or notification, as it may be difficult to establish that service has occurred. | ||
| Before initiating service through electronic mode, please ensure that you will be able to satisfy the Commission, upon request, that service of the notification was completed. | ||
| Where the intervention is filed by electronic means, the line ***End of document*** should be entered following the last paragraph of the document, as an indication that the document has not been damaged during electronic transmission. | ||
| Each paragraph of the document should be numbered. | ||
| Your intervention should clearly identify the application and indicate whether you support or oppose the application, or if you propose changes to it, include the facts and grounds for your proposal. | ||
| Important notice | ||
| Note that all information that you provide as part of this public process, except information granted confidentiality, whether sent by postal mail, facsimile, e-mail or through the Commission's Web site at www.crtc.gc.ca, becomes part of a publicly accessible file and will be posted on the Commission's Web site. This information includes your personal information, such as your full name, e-mail address, postal/street address, telephone and facsimile number(s), and any other personal information you provide. | ||
| The personal information you 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 Web site in their entirety exactly as you send them, 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. | ||
| Please note that the information you 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 Webpage of this particular public process. As a result, a general search of our Website with the help of either our own search engine or a third-party search engine will not provide access to the information which was provided as part of this public process. | ||
| Examination of Documents | ||
| An electronic version of applications is available from the Commission's Web site by selecting the application number within this notice. | ||
| A list of all interventions/comments will also be available on the Commission's Web site. An electronic version of all interventions/comments submitted will be accessible from this list. To access the list, select "Lists of interventions/comments" under "Public Proceedings" from the Commission's Web site. | ||
| Documents are also available during normal office hours at the local address provided in this notice and at the Commission offices and documentation centres directly involved with these applications or, upon request, within 2 working days, at any other CRTC offices and documentation centres. | ||
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Central Building Les Terrasses de la Chaudière 1 Promenade du Portage, Room 206 Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0N2 Tel: 819-997-2429 Toll free Telephone: 1-877-249-2782 Toll-free TDD: 1-877-909-2782 Fax: 819-994-0218 |
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Metropolitan Place 99 Wyse Road, Suite 1410 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4S5 Tel: 902-426-7997 Fax: 902-426-2721 |
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205 Viger Avenue West Suite 504 Montréal, Quebec H2Z 1G2 Tel: 514-283-6607 |
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55 St. Clair Avenue East, Suite 624 Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2 Tel: 416-952-9096 |
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Kensington Building 275 Portage Avenue, Suite 1810 Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3 Tel: 204-983-6306 – TDD: 204-983-8274 Fax: 204-983-6317 |
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Cornwall Professional Building 2125 – 11th Avenue, Room 103 Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3 Tel: 306-780-3422 |
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10405 Jasper Avenue, Suite 520 Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4 Tel: 780-495-3224 |
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530-580 Hornby Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6 Tel: 604-666-2111 – TDD: 604-666-0778 Fax: 604-666-8322 |
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| Secretary General | ||
| This document is available in alternative format upon request, and may also be examined in PDF format or in HTML at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca | ||
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