Vol. 132, No. 29 — July 18, 1998

COMMISSIONS

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

CHANGE OF DATE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Fibreglass Pipe Insulation

On May 14, 1998, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal gave notice that it had initiated a review (Review No. RR-98-001), pursuant to subsection 76(2) of the Special Import Measures Act, of its finding made on November 19, 1993, in Inquiry No. NQ-93-002, concerning preformed fibreglass pipe insulation with a vapour barrier, originating in or exported from the United States of America.

The Notice of Review indicated that a public hearing would be held in the Tribunal Hearing Room, Standard Life Centre, 18th Floor, 333 Laurier Avenue W, Ottawa, Ontario, commencing September 21, 1998, at 9:30 a.m.

Notice is hereby given that the date of the public hearing is changed to September 28, 1998, at 9:30 a.m.

Any questions relating to this matter should be directed to the undersigned at (613) 993-3595 or to Mr. Peter Welsh at (613) 993-6599.

Ottawa, July 10, 1998

MICHEL P. GRANGER
Secretary

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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

DETERMINATION

Professional Services

Notice is hereby given that, after completing its inquiry, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) made a determination (File No. PR-97-051) on June 18, 1998, with respect to a complaint filed by Safety Projects International Inc. (the complainant), under subsection 30.11(1) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. 47 (4th Supp.), as amended by the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, S.C. 1993, c. 44, concerning Solicitation No. FP802-7-0456 of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (the Department). The solicitation was for a safety program management system.

The complainant alleged that the Department wrote the statement of requirements with a specific supplier in mind and failed to provide an explanation to the complainant as to why its offer was not declared the winning offer.

Having examined the evidence presented by the parties and considered the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Agreement on Internal Trade and the Agreement on Government Procurement, the Tribunal determined that the complaint was not valid.

Further information may be obtained from: The Secretary, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, Standard Life Centre, 15th Floor, 333 Laurier Avenue W, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G7, (613) 993-3595 (Telephone), (613) 990-2439 (Facsimile).

Ottawa, July 9, 1998

MICHEL P. GRANGER
Secretary

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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

EXPIRY OF TEXTILE TARIFF RELIEF ORDER

Cut Warp Pile Fabrics

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that the tariff relief order (Code 4418) made on March 19, 1997, to implement the Tribunal's recommendation to the Minister of Finance in Request No. TR-95-014 (Palliser Furniture Ltd.), concerning "[w]oven, cut warp pile fabrics, of pile yarns solely of acrylic staple fibres, certified by the exporter to be dry spun, or of pile yarns of acrylic staple fibres, certified by the exporter to be dry spun, mixed solely with pile yarns of polyester staple fibres, of a ground fabric of yarns of polyester filaments in the warp and of yarns of cotton and polyester staple fibres in the weft, coated on one side, of subheading No. 5801.35, for use as decorative outer coverings in the manufacture of upholstered furniture" (the subject fabrics), is scheduled to expire (Expiry No. TE-98-001) on March 19, 1999. Under the Minister of Finance's standing reference, the duty relief provided by Code 4418 (superseded in 1998 by tariff item No. 5801.35.10) will cease unless the Tribunal issues a recommendation that tariff relief is still warranted and a tariff relief order is made by the government.

Statistics Canada data show that total imports of the subject fabrics in 1997 amounted to 5 562 kg, valued at $96,808. Total imports of the subject fabrics in the first quarter of 1998 amounted to 123 622 kg, valued at $1,608,937.

Parties requesting or opposing the continuation of tariff relief should file the original and 15 copies of written public submissions containing relevant information, opinions and arguments with the Secretary of the Tribunal not later than August 6, 1998.

If, after reviewing the responses from all parties, there is a request for continuation of the order, but no opposition, the Tribunal may dispense with the need for a full review and recommend continuation. Alternatively, if there is no request for continuation of the order, then the Tribunal may dispense with the need for a full review and recommend termination. However, if the Tribunal decides that a full review is warranted, it will issue a notice of review with all relevant information regarding the proceeding. The Tribunal will publish the notice in the Canada Gazette and send it to all parties known to the Tribunal as having an interest in the review, who will then have an opportunity to participate in the review.

Written submissions, correspondence or requests for information regarding this notice should be addressed to: The Secretary, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, Standard Life Centre, 15th Floor, 333 Laurier Avenue W, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G7, (613) 993-3595 (Telephone), (613) 990-2439 (Facsimile).

Written or oral communications to the Tribunal may be made in English or in French.

Ottawa, July 9, 1998

MICHEL P. GRANGER
Secretary

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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

Dairy Product Blends

Notice is hereby given that, on June 30, 1998, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal submitted to the Governor in Council, pursuant to section 18 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, its report entitled An Inquiry into the Importation of Dairy Product Blends Outside the Coverage of Canada's Tariff-Rate Quotas (Reference No. GC-97-001).

July 10, 1998

By Order of the Tribunal

MICHEL P. GRANGER
Secretary

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES

The following notices are abridged versions of the Commission's original notices bearing the same number. The original notices contain a more detailed outline of the applications, including additional locations and addresses where the complete files may be examined. The relevant material, including the notices and applications, is available for viewing during normal business hours at the following offices of the Commission:

— Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Examination Room, 1 Promenade du Portage, Room 201, Hull, Quebec K1A 0N2, (819) 997-2429 (Telephone), (819) 994-0218 (Facsimile), (819) 994-0423 (TDD);

— Bank of Commerce Building, 10th Floor, Suite 1007, 1809 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K8, (902) 426-7997 (Telephone), (902) 426-2721 (Facsimile), (902) 426-6997 (TDD);

— Place Montréal Trust, Suite 1920, 1800 McGill College Avenue, Montréal, Quebec H3A 3J6, (514) 283-6607 (Telephone), (514) 283-3689 (Facsimile), (514) 283-8316 (TDD);

— The Kensington Building, 1810-275 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2B3, (204) 983-6306 (Telephone), (204) 983-6317 (Facsimile), (204) 983-8274 (TDD);

— 580 Hornby Street, Suite 530, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3B6, (604) 666-2111 (Telephone), (604) 666-8322 (Facsimile), (604) 666-0778 (TDD).

Interventions must be filed with the Secretary General, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0N2, together with proof that a true copy of the intervention has been served upon the applicant, on or before the deadline given in the notice.

LAURA M. TALBOT-ALLAN
Secretary General

CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING 1998-3-3

Further to its Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1998-3 dated May 14, 1998, relating to its public hearing to be held on July 20, 1998, at 9 a.m., at the Conference Centre, Portage IV, 140 Promenade du Portage, Hull, Quebec, the Commission announces that following receipt of an intervention and a competing application from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that is technically mutually exclusive for the use of the 101.9 MHz frequency, the Commission has decided that it would be in the public interest to reschedule the following item for a later hearing:

Issue No. 1 — Item 10
Cornwall, Ontario
Tri-Co Broadcasting Limited

For a broadcasting licence to carry on an English-language FM (radio) programming undertaking at Cornwall, operating on a frequency of 101.9 MHz (channel 270A) with an effective radiated power of 3 000 watts, upon surrender of the current licence issued to CJSS Cornwall.

Following receipt of interventions, the Commission has decided to withdraw the following items from the public hearing and reschedule them for a later date:

Issue No. 1 — Item 12
London, Ontario
Affinity Radio Group Inc.

For a broadcasting licence to carry on an English-language FM (radio) programming undertaking at London, operating on a frequency of 102.3 MHz (channel 272B) with an effective radiated power of 4 600 watts, upon surrender of the current licence issued to CKSL London.

Issue No. 1 — Item 13
Sarnia, Ontario
Blackburn Radio Inc.

For a broadcasting licence to carry on an English-language FM (radio) programming undertaking at Sarnia, operating on a frequency of 106.3 MHz (channel 292B) with an effective radiated power of 35 000 watts, upon surrender of the current licence issued to CKTY Sarnia.

July 10, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-62

Exemption Order Respecting Certain Native Radio Undertakings

This Order exempts Native radio stations in remote areas from licensing and from most sections of the Radio Regulations, 1986.

July 9, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-63

Ontario Region

1. Durham Radio Inc.
Ajax, Ontario

To amend the broadcasting licence of the (radio) programming undertaking CJKX-FM Ajax by increasing the effective radiated power from 5 110 to 15 560 watts.

2. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Crystal Beach, Ontario

To amend the broadcasting licence of the (radio) programming undertaking CBLA-FM Toronto, by changing the authorized frequency of CBLA-FM-1 Crystal Beach from 100.3 MHz (channel 262A) to 90.5 MHz (channel 213A). The effective radiated power will remain unchanged at 319 watts.

Deadline for intervention: August 17, 1998

July 10, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-64

1. Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.
Across Canada

To amend the broadcasting licence of its national satellite relay distribution undertaking (SRDU), by adding the signal of CKVU (Canadian independent) Vancouver, British Columbia, to the list of signals that it is authorized to distribute and to the list of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services (Part 3 list), and by adding the signal of WWJ-TV (CBS affiliate), Detroit, Michigan, to the list of signals that it is authorized to distribute and to the list of Part 2 Eligible Satellite Services, section A (Part 2 list, section A) and the Part 3 list.

2. Expressvu Inc.
Across Canada

To amend the broadcasting licence to carry on a national direct-to-home satellite distribution undertaking by being relieved of the requirements contained in conditions of licence 4(b) and (c).

3. CJRT-FM Inc.
Toronto, Ontario

To amend the current condition of licence with respect to advertising.

Deadline for intervention: August 17, 1998

July 10, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-65

Broadcasting Licence Fees — Part I

The Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997, SOR/97-144, dated March 29, 1997 (the Regulations), provide for the payment of a Part I licence fee by certain broadcasting undertakings. Subsection 9(1) of the Regulations sets out the components for the calculation of the regulatory costs.

As contemplated by section 10 of the Regulations, the Commission hereby announces that the estimated total regulatory costs of the Commission for the 1998-99 fiscal year is $21.2 million.

July 10, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

DECISIONS

The complete texts of the decisions summarized below are available from the offices of the CRTC.

98-206 July 7, 1998

Trumar Communications Inc.
Toronto and Cobourg, Ontario

Approved — Acquisition of the assets of CFMX-FM-1 Toronto and CFMX-FM Cobourg from Martin Rosenthal. The licence will expire August 31, 2003.

98-207 July 7, 1998

Bluewater TV Cable Ltd.
Goderich, Huron Haven Village, etc., Ontario

Approved — Exclusion of Clinton, Bayfield, Brucefield, Holmesville and Varna from the licensed area.

Approved — Licence for a separate cable distribution undertaking to serve Clinton, Bayfield, Brucefield, Holmesville and Varna, expiring August 31, 2002.

98-208 July 7, 1998

Ausable Cablecom Inc.
Ipperwash and Kettle Point, Ontario

Approved — Licence for a cable distribution undertaking to serve Ipperwash and Kettle Point, expiring August 31, 2004.

98-209 July 7, 1998

Kaskiw Radio Society
Fort Smith, Northwest Territories

Approved — Broadcasting licence for a radiocommunication distribution undertaking at Fort Smith, to rebroadcast the programs of CIRK-FM Edmonton. The licence will expire August 31, 2004.

98-210 July 7, 1998

Fraser Lake and District Rebroadcasting Society
Fort Fraser, Fraser Lake and area, British Columbia

Approved — Addition of transmitters for the distribution, in non-encrypted mode, of the programming services listed in the decision.

98-211 July 7, 1998

Sky Cable Inc.
Newdale, Manitoba

Approved — Addition of a transmitter at Newdale.

98-212 July 7, 1998

Canadian Learning Television Limited CHUM Limited (MuchMoreMusic) Star Entertainment Inc. (Star TV) The Partners of the "Report on Business Television" (ROBTv)
Across Canada

Denied — Applications by new Canadian specialty channels to delete or amend the condition of licence which suspends applicability of the Access Rules.

98-213 July 8, 1998

CHUM Limited
Across Canada

Approved — Request to suspend for Bravo, the conditions of licence on sex-role portrayal and the depiction of violence in television programming as long as the licensee of the specialty service Bravo remains a member in good standing of the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.

98-214 July 8, 1998

Shaw Radio Ltd.
Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia

Approved — Addition of a transmitter at Whistler.

98-215 July 8, 1998

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Chicoutimi, Chapais, etc., Quebec

Approved — Broadcasting licence for a French-language FM radio programming undertaking at Chicoutimi, expiring August 31, 2001.

98-216 July 8, 1998

Câblevision HSL-SDM inc.
Domaine Val-Boisé (Mobile Home Park), Quebec

Approved — Licence for a cable distribution undertaking to serve Domaine Val-Boisé, expiring August 31, 2004.

98-217 July 8, 1998

9052-5080 Québec inc.
Québec, Quebec

Approved — Licence for a French-language radio network to broadcast the hockey games of the Rafales de Québec for the 1998-99 season of the International Hockey League. The licence will expire at the end of the 1998-99 hockey season.

98-218 July 8, 1998

Télévision MBS inc.
Rivière-du-Loup, Trois-Pistoles, etc., Quebec, and Edmundston, New Brunswick

Approved — Broadcasting licence for a French-language television programming undertaking at Rivière-du-Loup, to broadcast local programming and rebroadcast the programming of CFJP-TV (TQS) Montréal, received via satellite. The licence will expire August 31, 2004.

98-219 July 8, 1998

David Happyjack, on behalf of a company to be incorporated
Waswanipi, Quebec

Approved — Licence for a cable distribution undertaking to serve Waswanipi, expiring August 31, 2004.

98-220 July 9, 1998

Carleton-Victoria Broadcasting Co. Ltd.
Grand Falls, New Brunswick

Approved — Grand Fall's first commercial, Canadian, English-language radio station. The station will rebroadcast the programming of CJCJ Woodstock on the FM band, with Grand Falls advertising. The new station must begin separate local programming within three years. The licence will expire August 31, 2003.

98-221 July 10, 1998

Slocan Valley T.V. Society
Slocan, British Columbia

Approved — Broadcasting licence for a radiocommunication distribution undertaking to serve Slocan, expiring August 31, 2004.

98-222 July 10, 1998

Northern Television Systems Ltd.
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

Denied — Addition of KJUD (ABC/NBC) Juneau, Alaska.

98-223 July 10, 1998

Le Réseau des Sports (RDS) inc.
Across Canada

Approved — Amendment to the condition of licence providing a definition of the term "broadcast day".

98-224 July 10, 1998

The Sports Network Inc.
Across Canada

Approved — Amendment to the condition of licence providing a definition of the term "broadcast day".

98-225 July 10, 1998

3224503 Canada inc.
Drummondville, Quebec

Approved — Decrease of the effective radiated power for CHRD-FM Drummondville, from 3 000 watts to 2 900 watts.

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