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Ottawa, 26 March 2014
VIA EMAIL: mail@unifor723m.org; nieforth@yahoo.com
DM5#: 2096050
Mr. Angelo Contarin
Vice-President
Unifor Local 723M
62 Widmer Street, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M5V 2E9
Re Request to appear at the hearing that was announced in Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-26 regarding Rogers Media Inc.’s various licence renewals
Mr. Contarin:
This letter is in response to a procedural request that you submitted to the Commission on behalf of Unifor Local 723M on 24 March 2014. In your e-mail message, you request that the Commission reconsider its decision not to invite Unifor Local 723M to appear at the hearing that was announced in Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2014-26. You also indicate that Unifor Local 723M is a stakeholder in the present proceeding and that the membership you represent has been through a difficult time in the past few years and for these reasons, you request to be included as an appearing party at the upcoming hearing.
The Commission has decided to maintain its decision not to invite Unifor Local 723M to appear at the hearing. The Commission is aware that Unifor Local 723M wishes to bring specific issues to the Commission’s attention in the oral phase of this proceeding, however, the Commission notes that your position on these issues is already clearly set out in your written submission. In addition, since Unifor has been invited to appear at the hearing, you may wish to take the opportunity to raise your specific concerns through their presentation.
The Commission wishes to assure you that Unifor Local 723M’s written intervention forms part of the public record of this proceeding and will be considered by the Commission in making its determination.
Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please do not hesitate to contact Caroline Poirier, Coordinator of the hearing, at the following phone number: 819-994-2700 or at the following e-mail address: caroline.poirier@crtc.gc.ca.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
John Traversy
Secretary General
Cc Joseph Nieforth, Unifor Local 723M
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