Broadcasting - Staff Letter addressed to the Distribution List
Gatineau, 12 May 2025
Our reference: 2024-0630-6
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Distribution List
Subject: Application 2024-0630-6 – Amendment to the Mandatory Distribution Order of TV5 Québec Canada regarding the TV5/UNIS TV broadcasting licences to increase the mandatory wholesale rate – Request for comment relating to official language matters
TV5 Québec Canada is requesting an increase in the mandatory wholesale rate for its TV5/UNIS TV serviceFootnote 1, from $0.28 to $0.30 in French-language markets, and from $0.24 to $0.26 in English-language markets, an increase of $0.02 in each market.
Pursuant to section 5.2 of the Broadcasting Act, the Commission must consult with Official Language Minority Communities (OLMCs) when making decisions that could adversely affect them. Further, pursuant to section 41 of the Official Languages Act (OLA), measures taken under the OLA in respect of OLMCs must be based on analyses which include dialogue and consultation activities with OLMCs and other stakeholders.
The Act requires the system to reflect Canadian diversity and meet the needs of OLMCs by ensuring their representation in programming and facilitating access to content in their language. Through its programming, TV5/UNIS TV aims to foster the vitality of French-language minorities in Canada by supporting their development and onscreen representation.
In light of the above, Commission staff notes that additional time for OLMCs to comment on the application is needed to complete the record. Accordingly, Commission staff is launching an additional 15-day consultation period reserved exclusively for submissions from members of OLMCs and organizations whose primary mandate is to represent OLMCs. This period will allow them to comment on the file, particularly regarding the impact of the application on their communities and any (positive or mitigating) measures that could be taken to address these impacts. It should be noted that OLMC organizations that have already intervened in this process may still file additional comments during this period. Other OLMC members who submit comments during this period will be added as parties to the proceeding.
Deadline for filing a response: 27 May 2025.
Interveners must send a true copy of their submission to the applicant at the same time as their comments are filed.
The applicant will have a 5-day period to respond to the additional comments submitted by OLMCs.
Deadline for the applicant to file a reply: 2 June 2025.
Related documents
- Copy of the application materials and all public record to date: Application 2024-0630-6 - CRTC Open Part 1 Applications
- Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2023-245 and Broadcasting Orders CRTC 2018-345
- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure SOR 2010-277, last amended 8 April, 2021.
- Official Languages Act
- Broadcasting Act
Yours sincerely,
(Original signed by)
Céline Legault
Manager, French-Language Audiovisual Programming
Broadcasting, CRTC
CC :
Distribution list below
Yann Paquet, President and Chief Executive Officer, TV5 Québec Canada
Marie-Claude Caron, Director, Finance and Administration, TV5 Québec Canada
David Cantin, Director of Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary, TV5 Québec Canada
Distribution list:
Actra Montréal, asikorski@actra.ca
Alliance nationale de l’industrie musicale (ANIM), dg@anim.ca
Alliance des producteurs francophones du Canada (APFC), capilon@apfc.info
Alliance des radios communautaires (ARC), direction@radiorfa.com
Alliance des radios communautaires (ARC), s.forgues@radiorfa.com
Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise (ACF), marc.masson@fransaskois.sk.ca
Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta (ACFA), a.vachon-chabot@acfa.ab.ca
Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta (ACFA), m.goncalves@acfa.ab.ca
Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (Mon Assemblée), sbehilil@monassemblee.ca
Association des francophones du Nunavut (AFN), direction@afnunavut.ca
Association franco-yukonnaise (AFY), jjacques@afy.ca
Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires (ANREC) / (NCRA), barry@ncra.ca
English Language Arts Network (ELAN), miranda.castravelli@quebec-elan.org
Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse (FANE), dg@federationacadienne.ca
Fédération culturelle canadienne-française (FCCF), mcmorin@fccf.ca
Fédération culturelle canadienne-française (FCCF), strategies@fccf.ca
Fédération des communautés francophones et acadiennes (FCFA), communications@fcfa.ca
Fédération francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (FFCB), direction@ffcb.ca
Fédération francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (FFCB), yhilaricus@ffcb.ca
Fédération franco-ténoise, dgfft@franco-nord.com
Gala Film, AGelbart@galafilm.com
L'Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (AFO), csavoie@monassemblee.ca
On Screen Manitoba, lindsay@onscreenmanitoba.com
Qu'Anglo, hugh@quanglo.ca
Quebec English-language Production Council (QEPC), QEPCouncil@gmail.com
Patrimoine canadien, Jennifer.allen@pch.gc.ca
Patrimoine canadien, nathalie.piche@pch.gc.ca
PMA Productions, khirsch@pmaproductions.com
Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN), sylvia.martin-laforge@qcgn.ca
Regional Development Network (RDN), info@regdevnet.ca
Société de la francophonie manitobaine (SFM), sfm@sfm.mb.ca
Société nationale de l'Acadie (SNA), christopher.byram@snacadie.org
TFO, lgodin@tfo.org
Voice of English-Speaking Quebec (VEQ), Brigitte.Wellens@veq.ca
Association canadienne française de l’Ontario du Grand Sudbury (ACFO), acfo@acfosudbury.ca
Association canadienne-française de Regina (ACFR), communication@acfr.ca
Association des communautés francophones de l’Ontario à Toronto (ACFO Toronto), secretariatacfotoronto@gmail.com
Association des francophones et francophiles du Nord-Ouest (AFFNO), affno@citywest.ca
Association Francophone de Kamloops (AFK), kam_franco@shaw.ca
Association francophone du Labrador (AFL), info@afltnl.ca
Centre de la francophonie des Amériques, info@francophoniedesameriques.com
Black Community Resource Centre (BCRC), info@bcrcmontreal.com
Centre francophone du Grand Toronto (CFGT), infos@centrefranco.org
English Community Organization of Lanaudière (ECOL), ecol@ecol-lanaudiere.org
Fédération culturelle acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse (FéCANE), dg@fecane.ca
Fédération des francophones de Saskatoon, info@francosaskatoon.ca
Fédération des francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador (FFTNL), info@fftnl.ca
Fédération franco-ténoise (FFT), info@franco-nord.com
Réseau Dialogue, info@fondationdialogue.ca
Société acadienne et francophone de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard (SAF’Île), isabelle.dg@safile.org
Société de l'Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick (SANB), ac.bnas@ofni
Société Nationale de l’Acadie (SNA), info@snacadie.org
Centre culturel franco-manitobain (CCFM), reception@ccfm.mb.ca
Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver, info@lecentreculturel.com
Conseil Culturel et Artistique Francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (CCAFCB), admin@ccafcb.com
Conseil culturel fransaskois (CCF), ccf@culturel.ca
Conseil provincial des sociétés culturelles (CPSC), direction@cpscnb.com
Fédération culturelle de la francophonie manitobaine, administration@lafcfm.ca
La Société Saint-Pierre, info@lestroispignons.com
Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN), home@qahn.org
Regroupement artistique francophone de l’Alberta (RAFA), info@lerafa.ca
Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma (SARTEC), information@sartec.qc.ca
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