Vol. 142, No. 21 — May 24, 2008

COMMISSIONS

CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY

CUSTOMS TARIFF

Woollen fabrics

CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

APPEAL

Notice No. HA-2008-003

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) has decided, pursuant to rule 36.1 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Rules, to consider the appeal listed hereunder by way of written submissions based on the written documentation currently before it. Interested persons seeking additional information should contact the Tribunal at 613-998-9908.

Customs Act

Jonathan Bell v. President of the Canada Border Services Agency

May 14, 2008

By order of the Tribunal
HÉLÈNE NADEAU
Secretary

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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

DISMISSAL

Biological control of biting insects

Notice is hereby given that the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) issued an order (File No. PR-2007-087) on May 12, 2008 with respect to a complaint filed by Canadian Bio Services (Groupe Bio Services Inc.) (CBS) under subsection 30.11(1) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act, R.S.C. 1985 (4th Supp.), c. 47, concerning a procurement by Defence Construction Canada (DCC). The solicitation was for the biological control of black fly larvae at Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.

CBS alleged that DCC awarded a contract without notice and without an invitation to tender.

Having found that it did not have jurisdiction to conduct an inquiry into the procurement, the Tribunal dismissed the complaint.

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 (fax), secretary@citt-tcce.gc.ca (email).

Ottawa, May 12, 2008

HÉLÈNE NADEAU
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, Room 206, 1 Promenade du Portage, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0N2, 819-997-2429 (telephone), 994-0423 (TDD), 819-994-0218 (fax);

— Metropolitan Place, Suite 1410, 99 Wyse Road, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3A 4S5, 902-426-7997 (telephone), 426-6997 (TDD), 902-426-2721 (fax);

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

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

— CRTC Documentation Centre, 205 Viger Avenue W, Suite 504, Montréal, Quebec H2Z 1G2, 514-283-6607 (telephone), 283-8316 (TDD), 514-283-3689 (fax);

— CRTC Documentation Centre, 55 St. Clair Avenue E, Suite 624, Toronto, Ontario M4T 1M2, 416-952-9096 (telephone), 416-954-6343 (fax);

— CRTC Documentation Centre, Cornwall Professional Building, Room 103, 2125 11th Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 3X3, 306-780-3422 (telephone), 306-780-3319 (fax);

— CRTC Documentation Centre, 10405 Jasper Avenue, Suite 520, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3N4, 780-495-3224 (telephone), 780-495-3214 (fax).

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

DECISION

The complete text of the decision summarized below is available from the offices of the CRTC.

2008-103 May 15, 2008

Rossland Radio Cooperative
Rossland, British Columbia

Approved — Application for a broadcasting licence to operate an English-language, low-power, developmental community FM radio programming undertaking in Rossland.

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC HEARING 2008-3-2

Notice of consultation and hearing

June 3, 2008
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Addition of an application

Further to its Broadcasting Notices of Public Hearing CRTC 2008-3 dated April 3, 2008, and CRTC 2008-3-1 dated April 29, 2008, the Commission will also consider the following application:

Preamble for item 11

This application will be heard as an appearing item:

1. Golden West Broadcasting Ltd.
Humboldt, Saskatchewan

For a licence to operate an English-language FM commercial radio programming undertaking in Humboldt.

May 13, 2008

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 2008-41

Information bulletin — Applications processed pursuant to streamlined procedures

In the public notice, the Commission publishes a list of applications involving transfers of ownership and changes in the effective control of broadcasting undertakings as well as applications for amendments or extensions of deadlines not requiring a public process, that it has approved during the period January 1 to February 29, 2008, pursuant to its streamlined procedure.

May 12, 2008

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 2008-42

Notice of consultation

Call for applications
Radio — Bracebridge and Gravenhurst, Ontario

The Commission announces that it has received an application for a broadcasting licence to provide a commercial radio service to serve Bracebridge and Gravenhurst, Ontario.

The Commission hereby calls for applications from other parties wishing to obtain a broadcasting licence (or licences) to serve this area.

Persons interested in responding to this call must submit a formal application to the Commission no later than July 14, 2008. Applicants are also required to submit all necessary technical documentation to the Department of Industry by the same date.

It should be noted that, in making this call, the Commission has not reached any conclusion with respect to the licensing of any service at this time.

Applicants will be required to provide evidence giving clear indication that there is a demand and a market for the station and the proposed service. Without restricting the scope of the issues to be considered, the following should be addressed:

1. The contribution that the proposed service will make to achieve the objectives established in the Broadcasting Act and, in particular, to the production of local and regional programming.

2. The factors relevant to the evaluation of applications, as outlined in Decision CRTC 1999-480 dated October 28, 1999.

3. The means by which the applicant will contribute to Canadian content development, with initiatives that will support, promote, train and develop Canadian musical and spoken word talent, including journalists.

4. An analysis of the markets involved and potential advertising revenues, taking into account the results of any survey undertaken supporting the estimates.

5. Evidence as to the availability of financial resources consistent with the requirements established in the financial projections of the applicant’s business plan. For the convenience of applicants, the Commission has available upon request a document entitled Documentation Required by the Commission to Support the Availability of an Applicant’s Proposed Financing.

The Commission notes that, in accordance with the guidelines respecting the confidential treatment of annual returns (Circular 429), an aggregate financial summary for the Bracebridge and Gravenhurst radio market cannot be made available due to the limited number of incumbents serving that market.

The Commission also reminds applicants that they must comply with the eligibility requirements set out in the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of Non Canadians), SOR/97-192, dated April 8, 1997, as amended by SOR/98-378, dated July 15, 1998, and the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility to Hold Broadcasting Licences), SOR/85-627, dated June 27, 1985, as amended by SOR/97-231, dated April 22, 1997 and SOR/2007-73, dated April 19, 2007.

The Commission will announce at a later date the public process for considering applications and where they may be examined by the public. As part of that process, the public will be given the opportunity to comment on any application by submitting written interventions to the CRTC.

Notice of each application will also be published in newspapers of general circulation within the area to be served.

Applications filed in response to this call must be forwarded in electronic form using Epass.

For instructions on how to file applications using Epass, consult the CRTC Web site at www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/file.htm.

Applicants who are unable to file their applications using Epass should contact Johanne Lafontaine, Manager, Broadcasting Process and External Liaison, for information on alternate filing options. Ms. Lafontaine may be reached by telephone at 819-997-4681 or by email at johanne.lafontaine@crtc.gc.ca.

May 13, 2008

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 2008-43

Notice of consultation

Applications received
Various locations
Deadline for submission of interventions and/or comments: June 18, 2008

The Commission has received the following applications:

1. MTS Allstream Inc.
Winnipeg and surrounding areas, Manitoba

To renew the Class 1 regional licence of its terrestrial broadcasting distribution undertaking serving Winnipeg and surrounding areas, Manitoba, expiring August 31, 2008.

2. Northern Cablevision Ltd.
Grande Prairie, Alberta

To renew the Class 1 licence of its cable broadcasting distribution undertaking serving Grande Prairie, expiring August 31, 2008.

3. Persona Communications Corp.
Delta, British Columbia

To renew the Class 1 licence of its cable broadcasting distribution undertaking serving Delta, British Columbia, expiring August 31, 2008.

4. Persona Communications Corp.
Sechelt and Gibsons, British Columbia

To renew the Class 1 licence of its cable broadcasting distribution undertaking serving Sechelt and Gibsons, British Columbia, expiring August 31, 2008.

May 14, 2008

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 2008-44

Notice of consultation — Call for comments on the scope of a future proceeding on Canadian broadcasting in new media

Research and stakeholder views on the new media broadcasting environment compiled in the document released today, Perspectives on Canadian Broadcasting in New Media, demonstrate that the new media environment has evolved considerably since the Commission issued the exemption order for new media broadcasting undertakings in Public Notice 1999-197.

The document highlights stakeholder views on the challenges and opportunities with respect to the support, promotion and distribution of Canadian new media broadcasting content. While the Commission takes no position on the merits of the various stakeholder suggestions, technological, cultural and economic trends point to significant new opportunities for the Canadian broadcasting system and high-quality professional Canadian content on both the national and global stage as a result of new media broadcasting developments.

The Commission considers it appropriate to examine the new media broadcasting environment to determine whether the exemption orders relating to new media issued in Public Notices 1999-197 and 2007-13 continue to be appropriate or to what extent, if any, such orders need to be revised. Fundamentally, it is necessary to determine if the new media broadcasting environment is contributing sufficiently to the achievement of the broadcasting policy objectives of the Broadcasting Act and if it will continue to do so. Public discussions encompassing Canadian new media broadcasting content and access to such content are necessary to explore the contribution by new media broadcasting undertakings to the achievement of the broadcasting policy objectives of the Broadcasting Act.

Given the expansiveness and complexity of the new media broadcasting environment, the Commission seeks input on the scope of the issues, as well as the questions associated with those issues, to be discussed in a future new media broadcasting proceeding, including

• What is the scope of new media broadcasting?
• Are incentives or regulatory measures required for the creation and promotion of Canadian new media broadcasting content?
• Are there any barriers to accessing Canadian new media broadcasting content?
• What other broadcasting policy objectives should be considered within the scope of the proceeding?

Parties are asked to identify, with rationale, the issues and questions that, in their view, need to be discussed in the public proceeding.

The deadline for filing comments is July 11, 2008. The Commission will make a determination as to the matters to be dealt with in the public proceeding following the comment period and will issue a Notice of Public Hearing in the late summer of 2008 outlining the details of the new media broadcasting public hearing to be held early in 2009.

May 15, 2008

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COMPETITION TRIBUNAL

COMPETITION ACT

Notice is hereby given that on May 12, 2008, the Competition Tribunal issued an order granting leave to Nadeau Poultry Farm Limited to make an application pursuant to section 75 of the Competition Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-34. The application pursuant to section 75 is deemed to have been filed on May 12, 2008, with the undersigned at the Competition Tribunal by Nadeau Poultry Farm Limited, relating to the refusal to deal by the respondents in this application, Groupe Westco Inc. and Group Dynaco, Coopérative Agroalimentaire, and Volailles Acadia S.E.C. and Acadia Poultry Inc.

Particulars of the order sought

• an order pursuant to section 75 of the Competition Act directing the respondents to accept Nadeau Poultry Farm Limited as a customer and to supply live chickens to it on usual trade terms and in the volumes previously provided.

Notice is hereby given that any requests for leave to intervene in this matter must be filed with the Registrar on or before June 23, 2008.

The notice of application and accompanying documents may be examined at the Registry of the Tribunal or a copy may be obtained on the Competition Tribunal’s Web site at www.ct-tc.gc.ca. Requests for information regarding this application or the procedures of the Tribunal should be addressed to the Deputy Registrar, Competition Tribunal, 600–90 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5B4, or by telephone at 613-954-0857.

May 16, 2008

RAYNALD CHARTRAND
Registrar

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PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT ACT

Permission granted

The Public Service Commission of Canada, pursuant to section 116 of the Public Service Employment Act, hereby gives notice that it has granted permission, pursuant to subsection 115(2) of the said Act, to Nicolas Blouin, Webmaster, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Moncton, New Brunswick, to allow him to be a candidate during the election period for the position of General Councillor in the City of Shediac, New Brunswick, municipal election to be held on May 12, 2008.

May 9, 2008

MARIA BARRADOS
President

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