Newsletter: September 15, 2020

Weekly News (September 15, 2020)
Compiled by Emmanuel Appiah with Sara Bannerman
McMaster University, Communications Governance Observatory

(September 8-14, 2020)

Canadian News
International News

(September 8-14, 2020)

Supreme Court of Canada

Federal Court of Appeal

The Senate

Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission

Copyright Board

Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada

Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

Microsoft

Twitter

Facebook

CRTC

News Releases:

  • Telecom notice of consultation 2020-269-1
    [2020-09-11 11:00:00]
    Call for comments – Imposition of administrative monetary penalties on Iristel Inc. and TELUS Communications Inc. in relation to the routing and termination of phone calls to the 867 area code in Northern Canada – Changes to procedure – Public record: 1011-NOC2020-0269
  • Telecom order 2020-333
    [2020-09-10 11:00:00]
    Streamlined order – The Commission approves on an interim basis the following tariff application: Ontera, a division of NorthernTel, Limited Partnership TN 146
  • Broadcasting decision 2020-331
    [2020-09-09 11:00:00]
    APPROVED – Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta – Edmonton and Rocky Mountain House, Alberta – Application to amend the broadcasting licence for the Indigenous (Type B Native) radio station CFWE-FM-4 Edmonton, Alberta, to add an FM rebroadcasting transmitter in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, to serve the Sunchild and O’Chiese First Nations
  • Telecom order 2020-329Telecom order 2020-328;
    [2020-09-08 11:00:00]
    Streamlined order – The Commission approves on an interim basis the following tariff application: Northwestel Inc. TN 1094, TN 1091
  • Telecom order 2020-327
    [2020-09-08 11:00:00]
    Application of the Commission’s determinations set out in Telecom Decision 2008-14 to Northwestel Inc.: development of a Regulatory Economic Studies Manual and company-specific appendices – Public record: 8638-C12-200805906
  • Telecom notice of consultation 2020-326
    [2020-09-04 11:00:00]
    Call for comments – Establishment of new deadlines for Canada’s transition to next-generation 9-1-1 – Deadline for submission of interventions: 19 October 2020 – Deadline for submission of replies: 9 November 2020
  • Telecom order 2020-325
    [2020-09-04 11:00:00]
    Shaw Cablesystems G.P. – Introduction of new wholesale high speed access services – Public record: Tariff Notice 32
  • Compliance and Enforcement decision 2020-320
    [2020-09-01 11:00:00]
    Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules Nicholson Wealth and Risk Solutions Inc. – Violations of the Unsolicited Telecommunications Rules – File number: PDR 9174-2557

Senate of Canada

  • No sitting days this week – Parliament is Prorogued. The second session of the 43rd Parliament is set to begin on September 23, 2020.

Canadian House of Commons

 CRTC

Open Proceedings

Anticipated releases for the week of September 8-11, 2020

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.

            Broadcasting Decisions:

Decisions relating to the following applications considered under the Commission’s Part 1 process:

  • Aujourd’hui l’Espoir
    Christian music FM radio station in Brownsburg-Chatham
    Public record: 2019-0963-1
  • Utilities Consumers’ Group Society
    Community FM Station in Whitehorse
    Public record: 2019-0961-5

Compliance and Enforcement Decisions:

  • Rogers Communications Canada Inc. – Request for a nine-month postponement of STIR/SHAKEN implementation
    Public record: 8621-C12-01/08 and 8665-C12-201507576

 Open Public Consultations: