Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2022-201
Ottawa, 2 August 2022
Public record: 1011-NOC2022-0201
Notice of hearing
13 October 2022
Gatineau, Quebec
Deadline for submission of interventions/comments/answers: 1 September 2022
[Submit an intervention/comment/answer or view related documents]
The Commission will hold a hearing on 13 October 2022 at 11:00 a.m., at the Commission Headquarters, 1 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Quebec. The Commission intends to consider the following applications, subject to interventions, without the appearance of the parties:
Applicant/Licensee and Locality
- Communications Média Évangélique / Gospel Media Communications
Montréal, Quebec
Application 2022-0156-5 - Piikani Resource Development Ltd., on behalf of Piikani Tsi Nii Ka Sin Broadcasting Association
Brocket, Alberta
Application 2022-0197-9
1. Communications Média Évangélique / Gospel Media Communications
Montréal, Quebec
Application 2022-0156-5
Application by Communications Média Évangélique / Gospel Media Communications (CME) for authority to acquire from Radio Chalom the assets of the religious AM radio station CJRS Montréal.
CME is also requesting a new broadcasting licence to continue the operation of the undertaking under the same terms and conditions as those in effect under the current licence.
CME is a not-for-profit corporation controlled by its board of directors.
Radio Chalom is a not-for-profit corporation controlled by its board of directors.
Pursuant to the asset purchase and sale agreement, CME would purchase the assets of the undertaking for $0. The applicant has requested an exception from the requirement to pay tangible benefits, indicating that Radio Chalom has experienced significant financial problems. This not-for-profit corporation has received financial support from CME since 2017, which has kept the station operational and enabled it to better serve the public interest.
Following the closing of the transaction, CME would become the licensee of CJRS.
Applicant’s address:
5796 Ferrier Street
Suite 201
Mont-Royal, Quebec
H4P 1M7
E-mail: ckzw@videotron.ca
E-mail to request electronic version of application: francois@octavecom.ca
2. Piikani Resource Development Ltd., on behalf of Piikani Tsi Nii Ka Sin Broadcasting Association
Brocket, Alberta
Application 2022-0197-9
Application by Piikani Resource Development Ltd., on behalf of Piikani Tsi Nii Ka Sin Broadcasting Association, for a broadcasting licence to operate an Indigenous (Type B Native) low-power FM radio station in Brocket.
The station would operate at 105.7 MHz (channel 289LP) with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 32 watts (directional antenna with a maximum ERP of 50 watts with an effective height of the antenna above average terrain [EHAAT] of 17.4 metres).
The applicant proposed to broadcast 126 hours of local programming per broadcast week.
The applicant indicated that approximately 105 hours each broadcast week would be devoted to musical content, and that 35% of musical selections would be performed or composed by Indigenous creators. The remaining 21 hours would be devoted to spoken word programming, with a minimum of 14 hours of programming in the Blackfoot language.
The Commission may withdraw this application from the public hearing if it is not advised by the Department of Industry, at least 20 days prior to the hearing, that the application is technically acceptable.
Applicant’s address:
1835 15th Avenue
P.O. Box 3242
Brocket, Alberta
T0K 0H0
Telephone: 403-965-3092
Fax: 403-965-2626
E-mail: mariah@piikaninationnews.ca
E-mail to request electronic version of application: mariah@piikaninationnews.ca
Procedure
Deadline for interventions, comments or answers
1 September 2022
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure (the Rules of Procedure) apply to the present proceeding. The Rules of Procedure set out, among other things, the rules for content, format, filing and service of interventions, answer, replies and requests for information; the procedure for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure; and the conduct of public hearings. Accordingly, the procedure set out below must be read in conjunction with the Rules of Procedure and related documents, which can be found on the Commission’s website under “Statutes and Regulations.” Guidelines on the CRTC Rules of Practice and Procedure, Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-959, 23 December 2010, provides information to help interested persons and parties understand the Rules of Procedure so that they can more effectively participate in Commission proceedings.
An intervention or an answer from a respondent must be filed with the Commission and served on the applicant on or before the above-mentioned date. An answer from a respondent must also be served on any other respondent.
Interventions and answers must clearly identify the application referred to and indicate whether parties support or oppose the application, or, if they propose changes to it, include the facts and grounds for their proposal.
Parties are permitted to coordinate, organize, and file, in a single submission, interventions by other interested persons who share their position. Information on how to file this type of submission, known as a joint supporting intervention, as well as a template for the covering letter to be filed by the parties, can be found in Changes to certain practices for filing interventions – Expansion of filing practices to include the filing of joint supporting comments for broadcasting policy proceedings, Broadcasting Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-28-1, 10 December 2010.
The Commission encourages interested persons and parties to monitor the record of the proceeding, available on the Commission’s website, for additional information that they may find useful when preparing their submissions.
Submissions longer than five pages should include a summary. Each paragraph of all submissions should be numbered, and the line ***End of document*** should follow the last paragraph. This will help the Commission verify that the document has not been damaged during electronic transmission.
Pursuant to Filing submissions for Commission proceedings in accessible formats, Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2015-242, 8 June 2015, the Commission expects incorporated entities and associations, and encourages all Canadians, to file submissions for Commission proceedings in accessible formats (for example, text-based file formats that allow text to be enlarged or modified, or read by screen readers). To provide assistance in this regard, the Commission has posted on its website guidelines for preparing documents in accessible formats.
Submissions must be filed by sending them to the Secretary General of the Commission using only one of the following means:
by completing the
[Intervention/comment/answer form]
or
by mail to
CRTC, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2
or
by fax at
819-994-0218
A true copy of each intervention or answer from a respondent must be sent to the applicant and, in the case of a respondent to an application, to any other respondent.
Parties who send documents electronically must ensure that they will be able to prove, upon Commission request, that filing, or where required, service of a particular document was completed. Accordingly, parties must keep proof of the sending and receipt of each document for 180 days after the date on which the document is filed or served. The Commission advises parties who file or serve documents by electronic means to exercise caution when using email for the service of documents, as it may be difficult to establish that service has occurred.
In accordance with the Rules of Procedure, a document must be received by the Commission and all relevant parties by 5 p.m. Vancouver time (8 p.m. Ottawa time) on the date it is due. Parties are responsible for ensuring the timely delivery of their submissions and will not be notified if their submissions are received after the deadline. Late submissions, including those due to postal delays, will not be considered by the Commission and will not be made part of the public record.
The Commission will not formally acknowledge submissions. It will, however, fully consider all submissions, which will form part of the public record of the proceeding, provided that the procedure for filing set out above has been followed.
Although the public hearing will be held in Gatineau, Quebec, the Commission will consider providing videoconference links to enable remote participation (audio or video), should it receive requests to do so.
Persons requiring communications support such as assistance listening devices and sign language interpretation are requested to inform the Commission at least twenty (20) days before the commencement of the public hearing so that the necessary arrangements can be made.
Important notice
All information that parties provide as part of this public process, except information designated confidential, whether sent by postal mail, fax, email or through the Commission’s website at www.crtc.gc.ca, becomes part of a publicly accessible file and will be posted on the Commission’s website. This information includes personal information, such as full names, email addresses, postal/street addresses, telephone and fax numbers, etc.
The personal information that parties provide will be used and may be disclosed for the purpose for which the information was obtained or compiled by the Commission, or for a use consistent with that purpose.
Documents received electronically or otherwise will be put on the Commission’s website in their entirety exactly as received, including any personal information contained therein, in the official language and format in which they are received. Documents not received electronically will be available in PDF format.
The information that parties provide to the Commission as part of this public process is entered into an unsearchable database dedicated to this specific public process. This database is accessible only from the web page of this particular public process. As a result, a general search of the Commission’s website with the help of either its own search engine or a third-party search engine will not provide access to the information that was provided as part of this public process.
Availability of documents
Electronic versions of the applications are available on the Commission’s website at www.crtc.gc.ca by selecting the application number within this notice. They are also available from the applicants, either on their websites or upon request by contacting the applicants at their email addresses, provided above.
Links to interventions, replies and answers filed for this proceeding, as well as other documents referred to in this notice, are available on the Commission’s “Consultations and hearings: have your say” page.
Documents are available upon request during normal business hours by contacting:
Documentation Centre
Examinationroom@crtc.gc.ca
Tel.: 819-997-4389
Fax: 819-994-0218
Client Services
Toll-free telephone: 1-877-249-2782
Toll-free TTY: 1-877-909-2782
Secretary General
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