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The CRTC is consulting Canadians to modernize the broadcasting framework, ensuring support for Canadian and Indigenous content. These consultations help create a system that reflects diverse needs, upholds democratic values, and is grounded in a well-informed regulatory process.
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| Title | Description | Themes | Dates | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consultation on Canadian content for TV and online streaming services | This consultation examines how to modernize the CRTC’s definition of Canadian content for television and online programming, and support for Canadian content, including news. | High-quality Canadian content | November 15, 2024 to January 20, 2025 Winter 2025 |
Open public consultation
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| Modernization of radio processes | This consultation examines proposals to provide traditional radio broadcasters with more flexibility while reducing administrative burden. | A sustainable broadcasting system Clear and predictable rules |
November 15, 2024 to January 20, 2025 | Open public consultation |
| Fund to support local news production by commercial radio | This consultation considers the creation of a temporary fund that would support local news production by commercial radio stations in smaller markets outside of Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Ottawa-Gatineau. | A sustainable broadcasting system | November 4 to December 4, 2024 | Open public consultation |
| Closed captioning | This consultation studies how Canadians who rely on closed captioning can have access to barrier-free programming on traditional and online platforms. | High-quality Canadian content | September 10 to December 11, 2024 | Open public consultation |
| Described video and audio description | This consultation studied how Canadians who rely on described video and audio description could have access to barrier-free programming on traditional and online platforms. | High-quality Canadian content | September 19 to November 20, 2024 | Closed for comments |
| Official Language Minority Communities (OLMC) and official languages | This consultation explored ways in which the CRTC can strengthen its consultation and engagement practices in proceedings relating to OLMC and official languages. | High-quality Canadian content Clear and predictable rules |
September 9 to October 9, 2024 and until November 8, 2024 for members of OLMC | Closed for comments |
| Independent Local News Fund | This consultation reviewed the fund’s eligibility criteria and allocation method to ensure a fair, simple, and appropriate distribution of funds to current and future recipients. | A sustainable broadcasting system | July 23 to September 6, 2024 | Closed for comments |
| Indigenous broadcasting policy | This co-development process with First Nations, Inuit and Métis is a multi-phase consultation to gather views on how to support Indigenous broadcasters and content creators, and ensure Indigenous stories and voices are represented, easily found and shared across all platforms (both traditional and online). Indigenous content definitions will also be co-developed through this process. | High-quality Canadian content | March 22, 2024, to July 22, 2024 | Closed for comments |
| Base contributions to the Canadian broadcasting system | The consultation focused on whether there should be an initial base contribution made by online streaming services in the system to support Canadian and Indigenous content. It considered which online streaming services should contribute, how much, and how. | A sustainable broadcasting system | May 12, 2023 to July 11, 2023 Public hearing: November 20 and December 8, 2023 |
Decision issued |
| Broadcasting Fees Regulations | This consultation reviewed the regulatory fees paid by Canadian broadcasters and how they should be extended to online streaming services. | Clear and predictable rules | August 23, 2023 to September 22, 2023 | Decision issued |
| Exemption orders and basic conditions of service | This consultation considered whether certain exemption orders relating to online services should be repealed, amended or replaced, and whether to impose basic conditions of service on certain online services operating in Canada. | Clear and predictable rules | May 12, 2023 to June 12, 2023 | Decision issued |
| Registration of online streaming services | This consultation considered how the registration of online streaming services should be done and identified who will not be required to register. | Clear and predictable rules | May 12, 2023 to June 12, 2023 | Decision issued |
| Market dynamics and sustainability | This consultation will focus on the sustainability of Canada's broadcasting system by examining the industry dynamics between small, medium, and large players in traditional and online platforms. It will also consider access to the system by a diversity of players, including rules to foster equitable participation and dispute resolution. | A sustainable broadcasting system | Fall 2024 | Upcoming |
| Public interest participation | This consultation will explore new ways to fund the participation of groups that represent the public interest in CRTC proceedings. | Clear and predictable rules | Winter 2025 | Upcoming |
| Audio policy | This consultation will look at certain aspects of the radio and audio industry in Canada, including how to support Canadian music and other audio programming. It will also look at how audio players contribute equitably and meaningfully to the strength and diversity of the Canadian broadcasting system and what regulatory obligations should exist. | A sustainable broadcasting system | Winter 2025 | Upcoming |
| Discoverability | This third-party study, to be commissioned by the CRTC, will examine how Canadians find and discover content on traditional and online platforms. This study will form part of the record of the proceedings on tailored conditions of service. | High-quality Canadian content A sustainable broadcasting system |
Late 2025 | Upcoming |
| Tailored Conditions of Service | This consultation will finalize the individual contributions and requirements for traditional and online platforms in Canada. These contributions and requirements will be established based on the findings of previous modernized Broadcasting Act consultations. | High-quality Canadian content Clear and predictable rules |
Late 2025 | Upcoming |
| Diversity and inclusion | The CRTC will hold a series of consultations to look at how the broadcasting system can better reflect the experiences of all people in Canada and foster access to diverse voices and perspectives. | High-quality Canadian content | Winter 2025–2026 | Upcoming |
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