Consultation about the guidelines for consultations relating to official language minority communities and official languages
Current status: Closed
This consultation ran from September 9, 2024 to October 9, 2024 and until November 8, 2024 for members of the official minority communities. Read the “What we learned” section to find the comments that were submitted.
The CRTC is strengthening its commitment to official languages and wants to ensure that it holds consultations that are meaningful, efficient, transparent, and fair for everyone, including the official language minority communities (OLMCs) and French-speakers who represent a national minority in Canada. We sought your comments on how we can better consult and engage with OLMCs, French-language speakers and other stakeholders about broadcasting matters.
Who was the focus of this consultation
This consultation may be of most interest to:
- Members or representatives of OLMCs
- French-speakers in Canada
- Television and radio service providers, and online streaming services
- Anyone with an interest in the CRTC’s consultation and engagement practices
Key topics for discussion
To strengthen the consultation practices for engagement with OLMCs and other stakeholders on broadcasting matters, the CRTC is proposing guidelines.
We invited you to provide your comments on:
- How the CRTC can strengthen its consultations and engagement with OLMCs about broadcasting matters, in light of the new requirements of the Broadcasting Act and Official Languages Act.
- Whether the topics, definitions and consultation practices proposed in the draft guidelines are appropriate to achieve that goal.
- How the CRTC can collect feedback, during and after broadcasting public proceedings.
Read the Notice of Consultation for more details.
What we learned
- Interventions (comments we received online, by mail and by fax)
Related information
- Broadcasting Act
- Official Languages Act
- Canada Gazette, Part 2, Volume 157, Number 24: Order Issuing Directions to the CRTC (Sustainable and Equitable Broadcasting Regulatory Framework)
- Regulatory plan to modernize Canada’s broadcasting framework
- Official Languages and Official Language Minority Communities
- CRTC-OLMC Discussion Group
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