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Newsletter: June 23, 2020

Fizza Kulvi

Weekly News (June 23, 2020)
Compiled by Fizza Kulvi with Sara Bannerman
McMaster University, Communications Governance Observatory

(June 16 – June 22, 2020)

Canadian News

International News

(June 16 – June 22, 2020)

Canadian Heritage

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

National Film Board

Microsoft

Twitter

Facebook

Apple

CRTC

News Releases:

  • Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-201
    [2020-06-22 11:00 AM]
    RENEWED – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation – Across Canada – Broadcasting licences for the television and radio stations set out in the appendix to the decision form 1 September 2020 to 31 August 2021
  • Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-198
    [2020-06-19 11:00 AM]
    APPROVED – TV Hamilton Limited – Hamilton, Ontario – Application to renew the broadcasting licence for the English-language community programming network Cable 14 Hamilton
  • Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2020-197
    [2020-06-19 11:00 AM]
    APPROVED – Câblevision du Nord de Québec inc. – Province of Quebec – Application to renew the broadcasting licence for CNQ’s on-demand service
  • Broadcasting Order CRTC 2020-195
    [2020-06-19 11:00 AM]
    Broadcasting Licence Fees – Part I

Supreme Court of Canada

  • The Supreme Court of Canada announced today that judgment in the following appeal will be delivered at 9:45 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 26, 2020: 
    [PLATFORM REGULATION]  Uber Technologies Inc., et al. v. David Heller (Ont.): The appellants, Uber Technologies Inc., Uber Canada Inc., Uber B.V., and Rasier Operations B.V. are part of a group of companies that have come to be known collectively and individually as Uber. Uber has developed computer software applications for GPS-enabled smartphones for transportation and restaurant delivery. Uber itself does not provide transportation or delivery services. Uber’s head offices are primarily located in the Netherlands. David Heller, a resident of Ontario, has been licensed to use the Uber driver app (UberEATS) to deliver food in Toronto since February 2016. He has never used the app to provide personal transportation services. In order to use the driver app, Mr. Heller had to meet certain criteria and accept Uber’s licensing agreement. That agreement states that it is governed by the law of the Netherlands and it includes an arbitration clause stating that disputes connected to the agreement shall be resolved by arbitration in Amsterdam. Mr. Heller brought a proposed class action on behalf of Uber drivers alleging that they were employees of Uber and entitled to benefits under Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, SO 2000, c. 41. Uber brought a motion to stay Mr. Heller’s proposed class action in favour of arbitration which was granted by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. The Court of Appeal for Ontario granted the subsequent appeal on the basis that the arbitration clause amounted to an illegal contracting out of Ontario’s employment standards and that the arbitration clause was unconscionable.

Senate of Canada

·      Fixed sitting days this week: June 22, 23, 25 & 26

Canadian House of Commons

CRTC

The CRTC plans to issue the following decisions, regulatory policies and reports in the coming week. This list may be incomplete and is subject to change without notice.

Anticipated releases for the week of June 22 – June 26, 2020

Upcoming Public Hearings

Open Public Consultations:

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