Telecom - Commission Letter addressed to the Distribution list
Ottawa, 1 September 2021
Our reference: 1011-NOC2021-0191
BY EMAIL
Distribution list
RE: Telecom Notice of Consultation CRTC 2021-191, Introduction of a three-digit abbreviated dialing code for mental health crisis and suicide prevention services – Procedural request
Dear Madam, Sirs:
The Commission is in receipt of a letter dated 29 August 2021, submitted by the Deafness Advocacy Association Nova Scotia (DAANS), Newfoundland and Labrador Association of the Deaf (NLAD) and Ontario Association of the Deaf (OAD), (collectively, the DHH Coalition), in which it requested that the Commission amend its procedure in the proceeding initiated by Telecom Notice of Consultation 2021-191, Introduction of a three-digit abbreviated dialing code for mental health crisis and suicide prevention services (Telecom Notice of Consultation 2021-191). Specifically, the DHH Coalition requested that the Commission:
- issue Telecom Notice of Consultation 2021-191 in sign language format;
- modify this proceeding to allow interested parties to submit their interventions and replies in sign language;
- provide interested parties sufficient time to create videos in sign language and ensure that all parties have the opportunity to review the transcripts of these videos; and,
- modify the deadlines for Interventions and Replies to Interventions accordingly.
The Commission also received a letter of support for this request from the Canada Deaf Grassroots Movement (CDGM) on 30 August 2021.
Commission staff intends to bring the DHH Coalition’s procedural request to the Commission for a determination on the matter. Commission staff notes that the deadline to submit interventions in this proceeding is 1 September 2021. Given that the DHH Coalition’s procedural request was received only a few days before the end of the intervention period, it will not be possible for the Commission to address the request before this deadline. As such, the deadline established for interventions in this proceeding continues to apply.
In light of the timing, as well as the nature of the issues raised in this procedural request, whether or not the Commission decides to approve the DHH Coalition’s request, the DHH Coalition and the CDGM will be granted the opportunity to file an intervention in this proceeding at a later time. Details on the manner in which the DHH Coalition and the CDGM will be able to submit these interventions will be provided when the Commission issues its determination on this matter.
Yours sincerely,
Original signed by
Lisanne Legros
Director, Telecommunications Network Policy
Telecommunications Sector
Distribution list
Elliott Richman, DAANS, daans@ns.sympatico.ca
Myles Murphy, NLAD, myles.murphy@nf.sympatico.ca
Donald Prong, OAD, dprong@deafontario.ca
Kimberly Wood, CDGM, canadadeafgrassrootsmovement@gmail.com
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