ARCHIVED -  AUDIENCE PUBLIQUE PUBLIC HEARING

CANADIAN RADIO TELEVISION               CONSEIL DE LA RADIODIFFUSION

AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS                 ET DES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION                                               CANADIENNES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PUBLIC HEARING                                       AUDIENCE PUBLIQUE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conference Centre                                       Centre de conférences

Pontiac Room, Portage IV                           Salle Pontiac, Portage IV

140 Promenade du Portage                        140, promenade du Portage

Gatineau, Quebec                                         Gatineau (Québec)

2 May 2006                                                    Le 2 mai 2006

8:45 A.M.                                                       8h45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEFORE:                                                                               DEVANT:

 

Chair                                       Charles Dalfen                      Président

Members                                Joan Pennefather                  Membres

                                                Helen del Val
Legal Counsel                       Peter McCallum                    Conseiller juridique

Secretary                               Jade Roy                                Secrétaire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOLUME 1 OF 1                                                      VOLUME 1 DE 1

 

 

 

Please note that the Official Languages Act requires that government publications be available in both official languages.

 

In order to meet some of the requirements under this Act, the Commission's transcripts will therefore be bilingual as to their covers, the listing of CRTC members and staff attending the public hearings, and the table of contents.

 

However, the aforementioned publication is the recorded verbatim transcript and, as such, is transcribed in either of the official languages, depending on the language spoken by the participant at the public hearing.

 

 

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Prière de noter que la Loi sur les langues officielles exige que toutes publications gouvernementales soient disponibles dans les deux langues officielles.

 

Afin de rencontrer certaines des exigences de cette loi, les procès-verbaux du Conseil seront dorénavant bilingues en ce qui a trait à la page couverture, la liste des membres et du personnel du CRTC participant à l'audience publique et la table des matières.

 

Toutefois, la publication susmentionnée est un compte rendu textuel des délibérations et, en tant que tel, est transcrite dans l'une ou l'autre des deux langues officielles, compte tenu de la langue utilisée par le participant à l'audience publique.

 

                                                                                    Gatineau, Quebec,

                                                                   2 May 2006

 

--- Opening of Public Hearing at 8:45 A.M.

 

          CHAIR:  Order please, à l'ordre s'il vous plaît.

 

          Good morning ladies and gentlemen and welcome to this public hearing of the Commission.  With me on the panel are my colleagues, Joan Pennefather and Helen del Val.  I should emphasize that the matter that form part of the agenda will be given full consideration by the hearing panel and a decision will be released in due course after consultation with the Commission.  Mrs. Secretary, what is the item on the agenda for today?

 

          SECRETARY:  Thank you, Mr. Chair.

 

          On 2 and 7 March 2006, the Commission published Broadcasting Notices of Public Hearing 2006-3 and 2006-3-1, indicating that it intended to consider this item (namely, the application of Astral Broadcasting Group Inc., no. 2005‑1459‑8), amongst a number of other items, subject to interventions, during the non-appearing phase of the public hearing.

 

          The Commission has received interventions for this application and they have been placed on the public file for this public hearing. By letter dated 21 April 2006, the Commission determined that this item would be considered during the non-appearance phase of the public hearing.  Furthermore, by letter dated 26 April 2006, the Commission permitted two interveners, SARTEC and UDA, to file additional information by 3 May 2006 in response to the Applicant's Reply to interventions, and the Applicant, Astral, has been given until 10 May 2006 to file a response to such additional information.  This information will then be available to the public in the Commission's Examination Room.

 

          Thank you, Mr. Chair.

 

          CHAIR:                Any questions from the panel members?

 

          MS. Pennefather:         No questions, Mr. Chair.

 

          MRS. del Val:                No questions, Mr. Chair.

 

          CHAIR:  Thank you, Mrs. Secretary.  This, therefore, concludes today's public hearing.  I wish to thank my colleagues and Legal Counsel for their assistance.  The hearing is now adjourned.

 

          SECRETARY:    Thank you, Mr. Chair.

 

--- The hearing adjourned at 9:00 A.M.

 

 

 

 

 

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Conseiller juridique/Legal Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Secrétaire/Secretary

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