Vol. 134, No. 52 — December 23, 2000

COMMISSIONS

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

NOTICE NO. HA-2000-007

Appeal

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal will hold public hearings to consider the appeals listed hereunder. Unless otherwise specified, the hearings will be held beginning at 9:30 a.m., in the Tribunal's hearing room, Standard Life Centre, 18th Floor, 333 Laurier Avenue W, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G7. Interested persons planning to attend should contact the Tribunal at (613) 991-5767 for further information and to ensure that the hearings will be held as scheduled.

Customs Act

Appellant v. Respondent (Commissioner of the Canada Customs and
Revenue Agency)

January 2001

Date	Appeal Number	Appellant
8	AP-2000-028	Alliance Ro-Na Home Inc.
	Goods in Issue:	Tape dispensers
	Date of Entry:	April 13, 2000
	Tariff Items at Issue
	Appellant:	8422.30.99
	Respondent:	8205.59.90

December 15, 2000

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:

— Central Building, Les Terrasses de la Chaudière, 1 Promenade du Portage, Ground Floor, Hull, Quebec K1A 0N2, (819) 997-2429 (Telephone), 994-0423 (TDD), (819) 994-0218 (Facsimile);

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

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

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

— C.R.T.C. Documentation Centre, 405 De Maisonneuve Boulevard E, 2nd Floor, Suite B2300, Montréal, Quebec H2L 4J5, (514) 283-6607 (Telephone), 283-8316 (TDD), (514) 283-3689 (Facsimile);

— C.R.T.C. Documentation Centre, 55 St. Clair Avenue E, Suite 624, Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2, (416) 952-9096 (Telephone), (416) 954-6343 (Facsimile);

— C.R.T.C. Documentation Centre, Cornwall Professional Building, Room 103, 2125 11th Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3, (306) 780-3422 (Telephone), (306) 780-3319 (Facsimile);

— C.R.T.C. Documentation Centre, Scotia Place Tower Two, 19th Floor, Suite 1909, 10060 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3R8, (780) 495-3224 (Telephone), (780) 495-3214 (Facsimile).

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.

Secretary General

CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

DECISIONS

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

New digital pay, specialty, video-on-demand and pay-per view services

On November 24, 2000, the Commission made a decision to issue licences for new digital pay and specialty, video-on-demand and pay-per-view (Decisions CRTC 2000-449 to 738). The reasons, terms and conditions of these new licences are released today.

Denial of applications for licences for Category 1 and Category 2 specialty television services

The applications listed in Decision CRTC 2000-739 made on November 24, 2000, were denied in light of the criteria discussed in Public Notice CRTC 2000-171 of today's date.

2000-748 December 14, 2000

Québec inc.
Saint-Benjamin, Quebec

Approved — Acquisition of the assets of the cable distribution undertaking serving Saint-Benjamin, from Caron Télécâble Enr. The licence will expire August 31, 2007.

2000-749 December 14, 2000

Hamlet of Holman
Holman Island, Northwest Territories

Approved — Acquisition of the assets of the radiocommunication distribution undertaking serving Holman Island, from Oluksaktok Broadcasting Society. The licence will expire August 31, 2007.

2000-750 December 14, 2000

Craig Music & Entertainment Inc.
Brandon; Selkirk and Winnipeg, Manitoba

Approved — Acquisition of the assets of radio programming undertakings CKX-FM and CKXA-FM Brandon, CFQX-FM Selkirk and CKMM-FM Winnipeg, from Craig Broadcast Systems Inc. The licence will expire August 31, 2003, for CKX-FM and August 31, 2004, for CKXA-FM, CFQX-FM and CKMM-FM.

2000-751 December 14, 2000

BCE Inc., the limited partner, and Bell ExpressVu Inc., the general partner, on their own behalf and on behalf of 3752097 Canada Inc. (Holdco) for Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership
Across Canada

Approved — Applications by BCE Inc., the limited partner, and Bell ExpressVu Inc., the general partner, which operate as Bell ExpressVu Limited Partnership, to carry out a reorganization. Under this reorganization, BCE Inc. will transfer its limited partnership interest to 3752097 Canada Inc. (Holdco). Bell ExpressVu Inc. will continue as general partner. The licence will expire August 31, 2002, for the DTH Satellite distribution undertaking and August 31, 2005, for the DTH pay-per-view undertaking and for the satellite relay distribution undertaking.

2000-752 December 14, 2000

Corus Entertainment Inc., on behalf of Corus Premium Corporation and Newco
Various locations across Canada as listed in the appendix to the decision

Approved — Applications by Corus Entertainment Inc. on behalf of Corus Premium Corporation and Newco, to carry out the intracorporate reorganization described in the decision. The licences will expire on their current expiry date.

2000-753 December 14, 2000

Telemedia Radio Inc.
St. Albert, Alberta

Approved — Transfer of the assets of the radio programming undertaking CFMG-FM St. Albert to Telemedia Radio (West) Inc. The licence wil expire August 31, 2002.

2000-754 December 14, 2000

Suite Systems Inc. (formerly Boardwalk Tele.com Inc.)
Across Canada

Approved — New cable distribution undertakings to serve various communities across Canada, expiring August 31, 2007.

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 2000-171

Introductory Statement — Licensing of New Digital Pay and Specialty Services

The public notice sets out the principles that guided the Commission in selecting the new digital services, as well as some of the rules that will apply to them.

December 14, 2000

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 2000-172

Introductory statement to Decisions CRTC 2000-733 to 2000-738: Licensing of new video-on-demand and pay-per-view services

December 14, 2000

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 2000-173

Call for Proposals to Amend the Lists of Eligible Satellite Services Through the Inclusion of Additional Non-Canadian Services Eligible for Distribution on a Digital Basis Only

On November 24, 2000, the Commission decided to approve the issuance of licences for new Category 1 and 2 digital Canadian specialty and pay television services. With those decisions published, the Commission is now prepared to entertain proposals to amend the Lists of eligible satellite services. This call for proposals, and the Commission's plan for a streamlined approach to consider them, are as contemplated in Public Notice CRTC 2000-6 dated January 13, 2000, and entitled Licensing framework policy for new digital pay and specialty services.

The non-Canadian satellite services that broadcasting distribution undertakings are authorized to distribute are identified in the Lists of eligible satellite services (the Lists). There are currently three lists of non-Canadian satellite services, one for Class 1 and Class 2 undertakings, another for Class 3 undertakings, and a third list for direct-to-home (DTH) undertakings.

In this notice, the Commission invites proposals to amend the Lists through the inclusion of additional non-Canadian programming services that would be authorized for distribution on a digital basis only. In the circumstances, the Commission considers that any such additional services could be placed on a separate, new list that would be applicable to all distribution undertakings, including Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 cable undertakings, all DTH undertakings and all multipoint distribution (MDS) undertakings.

Role of non-Canadian French-language services

In Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 2000-5 pertaining to the applications for new digital pay and specialty services, the Commission announced that it wished to explore the role that non-Canadian French-language services could play in increasing the availability and diversity of French-language programming in Canada.

Pay and specialty applicants who addressed this matter indicated that they would not oppose the addition of non-Canadian French-language services, provided the Commission evaluated them according to the existing policy on the carriage of non-Canadian services.

As noted in Public Notice CRTC 2000-171 issued today, the Commission has considered all of the information filed as part of the public process, and has decided to maintain its approach, as outlined below, with respect to the addition of non-Canadian services to the Lists of eligible satellite services, regardless of the language of the service.

Who may submit proposals, and what form should they take

The Commission is prepared to consider proposals that are submitted by a Canadian sponsor. Sponsors could include licensees of broadcasting distribution undertakings, licensees of pay television or specialty services undertakings, and such organizations as the Canadian Cable Television Association.

The Commission will consider proposals for additional non-Canadian programming services, regardless of their language of operation.

Consistent with the requirements stipulated by the Commission in the context of earlier calls for proposals to amend the Lists, proposals filed with the Commission in response to this notice must include the following:

— evidence that the non-Canadian service has agreed to be sponsored by the Canadian party filing the proposal;

— a statement from the service provider that it has obtained all necessary rights for distribution of its programming in Canada;

— a brief description of the service;

— a copy of the current program schedule;

— evidence of potential demand, as gathered through discussions with distributors; and

— an undertaking from the non-Canadian service provider that it does not hold, will not obtain, nor will it exercise, preferential or exclusive programming rights in relation to the distribution of programming in Canada. For example, the provider of a non-Canadian service would have to satisfy the Commission that it does not currently, nor will it in future, deal in rights to programming in a manner that unduly precludes a Canadian programming undertaking from acquiring that programming.

All proposals for the inclusion of a service on the new list will be assessed in the context of the Commission's policy that generally precludes the addition of new non-Canadian satellite services if the Commission determines them to be either totally or partially competitive with Canadian specialty or pay television services.

In applying this policy, the Commission will take into account the services of all specialty and pay television programming undertakings whose licence applications have, to date, been approved by the Commission. These include all of the Category 1 and Category 2 specialty programming services approved in Decisions CRTC 2000-449 to 2000-731.

Public process

All proposals filed in response to this notice should be addressed to the Secretary General, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Ottawa, Ontario KlA 0N2, and should be received no later than Friday, January 12, 2001.

The Commission intends, on or about January 26, 2001, to issue a public notice that will provide a list of the proposals received, and invite comments from interested parties on the specific services that have been proposed.

Parties wishing to file comments on the specific services that have been proposed will be required to do so by February 23, 2001.

December 14, 2000

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