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Ottawa, 5 January 2010
Ms. Catherine Edwards
Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS)
830 Cité des Jeunes, #6
Gatineau, Quebec
J8Z 2E5
Our reference: 476016
Dear Ms. Edwards:
In a letter dated 10 December 2009 to the Commission, the major cable licensees request that the TimeScape study “Community Television Policies and Practices Around the World” be removed from the public record of the community television policy review due to concerns that it was conducted by a company closely affiliated with the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS), an active participant in a number of the Commission’s policy proceedings. They state that “should CACTUS wish to file the study as part of its submission in BNC 2009-661, it is free to do so. However, it is unacceptable for it to be added to the record as a report that was prepared on behalf of the Commission.”
At the time the Commission entered into the contract with TimeScape, it was not aware of CACTUS and the active role it would play in Commission proceedings. In light of this, the study is being withdrawn from the record of the BNC 2009-661 proceeding. If you or CACTUS wish to file the study in the proceeding, you are free to do so.
Sincerely,
Scott Hutton
Executive Director
Broadcasting
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