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Ottawa, 10 August 2011
Our reference: 8698-C187-201110973
Mr. Michael J. Sullivan
Chair
Canadian Common Ground Alliance (CCGA)
c/o Alberta One-Call Corporation
104, 4242 7 Street SE
Calgary, Alberta T2G 2Y8
Re: Application 2011-1097-3 – Application by Canadian Common Ground Alliance (CCGA) to broaden the assignment and use of the 811 dialling code
Mr. Sullivan,
This is with reference to the application 2011-1097-3 pursuant to Part 1 of the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure (the Rules of Procedure) filed by the Canadian Common Ground Alliance (CCGA) (the applicant) on 15 July 2011.
The applicant suggested that the Commission issues a Telecom Notice of Consultation in order to provide parties with an opportunity to express their views. Pursuant to section 23 of the Rules of Procedure, the Commission posted the application on its website on 18 July 2011 and pursuant to section 25, interested persons were given 30 days to file an intervention or answer (17 August 2011). Commission staff is of the view that the process established under Part 1 of the Rules of Procedure should first be followed, after which a determination can be made on whether a Notice of Consultation should be issued.
However, section 22 (1) b) of the Rules of Procedure states that “an application must be served on any respondent.” A respondent is defined in Section 1 of the Rules of Procedure as a “person who is adverse in interest to the applicant.”
In the present case, the applicant has failed to recognize any respondents who could be impacted by the application. Commission staff considers that entities currently providing non-urgent health care telephone triage services using 8-1-1 are respondents to this application. Should you wish that the Commission rules on this application, you are requested to serve, by 17 August 2011, all respondents affected by the application and interested persons would have until 16 September 2011 to file an intervention or anwer. For more information on the concept of Respondents, please consult Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin 2010-959, Guidelines on the CRTC Rules of Practice and Procedure, 23 December 2010.
Should you need further information concerning this letter, please do not hesitate to contact Jeanne Lacombe at 819-997-4586 or by email at Jeanne.lacombe@crtc.gc.ca
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Mario Bertrand
Director, Competition Implementation and Technology
cc: Jeanne Lacombe
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