Broadcasting - Staff Letter addressed to Monica Auer (Forum for Research and Policy in Communications )

Ottawa, 15 May 2024

BY E-MAIL

Monica Auer
Executive Director
Forum for Research and Policy in Communications
Ottawa, Ontario
execdir@frpc.net

RE: Updated Regulatory Plan and Request for clarification regarding timing of consultations

Dear Monica Auer:

I am writing in response to your letter dated 22 January 2024 on behalf of the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications and eight other stakeholders^Footnote1. You have asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (“Commission”) for clarification on the timing of the various consultations it will be holding in 2024 in connection with its Regulatory Plan to modernize Canada’s broadcasting framework (“Regulatory Plan”).

Your letter raises important considerations. The Commission has been engaging openly and broadly to ensure that its modernization process provides opportunities for public and industry participation and reflects a wide range of perspectives. The Commission is also committed to transparency and predictability in its regulatory processes, which is why the Commission took the step of publishing its Regulatory Plan in May 2023 and committed to updating the plan regularly. To that end, the Commission published an updated Regulatory Plan on 6 May 2024, which is available on the Commission's website. Should you have any questions after reviewing the updated Regulatory Plan, please do not hesitate to contact me at scott.shortliffe@crtc.gc.ca.

I also note your comments regarding the constraints faced by some parties and the scheduling of future Commission proceedings. Your comments will be considered when setting the deadlines for these proceedings.

Sincerely,

Scott Shortliffe
Executive Director
Broadcasting

cc. Marla Boltman, Friends of Canadian Media, marla@friends.ca
Barry Rooke, National Campus and Community Radio Association, barry@ncra.ca  
Matt Hattfield, OpenMedia, matt@openmedia.org
Kealy Wilkinson, Public Broadcasting in Canada for the 21st Century, canada.pbc21@gmail.com  
John Lawford, Public Interest Advocacy Centre, jlawford@piac.ca
Kirwan Cox, Quebec English-language Production Council, qepcouncil@gmail.com
Randy Kitt, Unifor, randy.kitt@unifor.org
Julia Atack, Union des consommateurs, jatack@uniondesconsommateurs.ca  

Date modified:

2024-05-15