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File No.: 8622-A124-201304907
Kevin Goldstein
Vice-President – Regulatory Affairs
BCE Inc.
299 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario M5V 2Z5
Louma Haffar
Senior Advisor, Regulatory Affairs - Broadcasting
Québecor Média inc.
612 Saint-Jacques Street
Montréal, Québec H3C 4M8
Dear Madam/Sir:
Re: Final offer arbitration (FOA) between Astral Media Inc. (Astral) and Vidéotron s.e.n.c. (Vidéotron)
In a letter dated 29 July 2013, Bell Média Inc. (Bell Média) asked the Commission to not take any action with respect to the request for final offer arbitration (FOA) between Astral and Vidéotron before 2 August 2013 in order to allow the parties to continue their negotiations and come to a mutual agreement.
In a letter dated 30 July 2013, Québecor Média inc., on behalf of Vidéotron, asked the Commission to grant the parties, Bell Média and Vidéotron, a temporary suspension of the final offer arbitration (FOA) until 2 August 2013 for the same reasons.
In light of the above, the Commission considers that the public interest would be better served if the FOA is suspended until 2 August 2013 to allow the parties to continue there negotiations. If the parties have not come to an agreement by the expiry of this deadline, the Commission will issue a determination relating to the BCE’s request to withdraw the request for FOA.
Secretary General,
John Traversy
c.c. Pierre Boivin, Claridge Inc., PBoivin@claridgeinc.com
Manon Brouillette, Vidéotron, manon.brouillette@videotron.com
Laurence J.E. Dunbar, Fasken Martineau, ldunbar@fasken.com
Peggy Tabet, Québecor, Tabet.Peggy@Quebecor.com
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