Vol. 132, No. 42 — October 17, 1998

COMMISSIONS

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY

CANADIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT ACT

Comprehensive Study Report — Alliance Pipeline Project — Public Notice

Alliance Pipeline Ltd., on behalf of Alliance Pipeline Limited Partnership, is proposing to construct and operate the Canadian portion of a natural gas pipeline system from north-eastern British Columbia and north-western Alberta to the mid-west United States. The project consists of approximately 1 565 km (970 miles) of mainline and related facilities from a point near Gordondale, Alberta, to a point on the Canada/United States of America border near Elmore, Saskatchewan. It also includes approximately 770 km (480 miles) of lateral pipelines and related facilities in British Columbia and Alberta. The purpose of the proposal is to increase market access for production from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, to provide a link between gas markets in North America and to increase total natural gas supply available to customers in the mid-west United States and markets across North America.

Under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (the Act) the National Energy Board (NEB), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration (PFRA), as responsible authorities for the project, have completed a comprehensive study of the proposal, and have submitted a copy of the report to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (the Agency).

Pursuant to subsection 22(1) of the Act, the Agency now invites public comment on the conclusions, recommendations and any other aspect of the comprehensive study report. All comments received by the Agency will become part of the public registry for the project.

Interested persons have until November 3, 1998, to address their remarks in the official language of their choice to the Agency project officer: John McCauley, Project Officer, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, 200 Sacré-Cœur Boulevard, 13th Floor, Hull, Quebec K1A 0H3, (819) 994-3159 (Telephone), (819) 997-4931 (Facsimile), john.mccauley(ceaa. gc.ca (Electronic mail).

Copies of the report are available for public viewing at the following locations:

— Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
200 Sacré-Cœur Boulevard
Hull, Quebec
K1A 0H3
Contact: Stéphane Parent
(819) 994-2578 (Telephone)

— Environment Canada
Park Plaza, 3rd Floor
2365 Albert Street
Regina, Saskatchewan
Contact: Marion Hadley
(306) 780-6464 (Telephone)

— Environment Canada
4999 98 Avenue, Room 200
Edmonton, Alberta
Contact: Gloria Trimble
(403) 951-8721 (Telephone)

— Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
10237 104 Street
Revillon Building, Suite 100
Edmonton, Alberta
Contact: Farida Jetha
(403) 422-1410 (Telephone)

To view or obtain a copy of the comprehensive study report, contact: The Publications Centre, National Energy Board, 444 Seventh Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 0X8, orders( neb.gc.ca (Electronic mail), (403) 299-3562, or toll-free: 1-800-899-1265 (Telephone), (403) 292-5503 (Facsimile).

To obtain further information on the project, contact Mona Butler, at (403) 299-3928 (Telephone).

Note: All documents received regarding this report are considered public.

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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

DECISION

EDP Hardware and Software

Notice is hereby given that, after completing its inquiry, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) made a decision on August 14, 1998, with respect to complaints filed by Lotus Development Canada Limited (File No. PR-98-005), Novell Canada, Ltd. (File No. PR-98-006) and Netscape Communications Canada Inc. (File No. PR-98-009) [the complainants], 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. 08324-8-0060/A of the Department of Public Works and Government Services (the Department). The solicitation was for the procurement, on a sole source basis, of a Microsoft NT server, a BackOffice server and BackOffice client access licenses for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

The complainants alleged that the Department had improperly attempted to conduct this procurement on a limited tendering basis when more than one supplier existed that could have supplied the required products.

Having examined the evidence presented by the parties and considered the provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Agreement on Government Procurement and the Agreement on Internal Trade, the Tribunal concluded that it did not have jurisdiction to continue its inquiry and, therefore, the complaints were dismissed.

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, October 8, 1998

MICHEL P. GRANGER
Secretary

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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

INQUIRY

Fire Fighting, Security and Safety Equipment

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) has received a complaint (File No. PR-98-023) from Marcomm Fibre Optics Inc. (the complainant), of Nepean, Ontario, concerning a procurement by the Department of Public Works and Government Services (the Department) for Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) [Solicitation No. 21120-8-4075/A]. The solicitation is for the design, supply, installation and testing of the Main Command and Control Post as part of a perimeter intrusion detection system upgrade project. Pursuant to subsection 30.13(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act and subsection 7(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Tribunal has decided to conduct an inquiry into this complaint.

It is alleged that the Department and CSC have improperly found the complainant's proposal to be non-compliant.

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, October 6, 1998

MICHEL P. GRANGER
Secretary

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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

INQUIRY

Maintenance and Repair Services

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) has received a complaint (File No. PR-98-025) from M.D. Heat Techs Inc. (the complainant), of Gloucester, Ontario, concerning a procurement by the Department of Public Works and Government Services (the Department) for the Department of National Defence (DND) [Solicitation No. W-5834-8-0804/A]. The solicitation is for maintenance and operational checks to heating equipment. Pursuant to subsection 30.13(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act and subsection 7(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Tribunal has decided to conduct an inquiry into this complaint.

It is alleged that the Department and DND have improperly found the complainant's proposal to be non-compliant.

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, October 6, 1998

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 1998-7-1

Further to its Notice of Public Hearing CRTC 1998-7 dated October 2, 1998, relating to its public hearing which will be held on December 7, 1998, at 9 a.m., at the Guy-Favreau Complex, 200 René-Lévesque Boulevard W, Montréal, Quebec, the Commission announces that following item is amended and the change is underlined:

Issue No. 1 — Item 12
Alliance Communications Corporation and Premier Choix Networks Inc., on behalf of a company to be incorporated (199713136) — Service to be Called "Canal Histoire"

Application by Alliance Communications Corporation and Premier Choix Networks Inc. on behalf of a company to be incorporated, for a broadcasting licence to carry on a French-language national programming undertaking (television specialty service) to be distributed via satellite to broadcasting distribution undertakings. The service would provide programming devoted to past and contemporary history.

The applicant is seeking a modified dual status carriage and is proposing a monthly wholesale rate of $0.48 per subscriber where the service is distributed on the basic service.

October 8, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-103

Ontario Region

1. Sudbury Cable Services Ltd.
Sudbury, Ontario

Requesting relief, by condition of licence, from the regulatory requirement of section 29 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (the Regulations).

The applicant is requesting permission to commit 5 percent of gross annual revenues derived from broadcasting activities to local expression, namely community programming, in lieu of the contribution required pursuant to section 29 of the Regulations.

Unless otherwise provided by condition of the licence, Sudbury Cable Services Ltd. would be required, under subsection 29(4) of the Regulations and as a Class 1 terrestrial distributor with at least 20 000 but fewer than 60 000 subscribers, to make a contribution to Canadian programming:

(a) in the broadcasting year ending on August 31, 1999, of an amount not less than the greater of: (i) 5 percent of its gross revenue derived from broadcasting activities in that year less any contribution to local expression made by the licensee in that year; and (ii) 2.5 percent of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in that year; and

(b) in the broadcast year ending on August 31, 2000, and in each broadcast year thereafter, of an amount not less than the greater of: (i) 5 percent of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in the year less any contribution to local expression made by the licensee in that year; and (ii) 3 percent of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in that year.

2. Northern Cable Holdings Limited
Timmins, Ontario

Requesting relief, by condition of licence, from the regulatory requirement of section 29 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (the Regulations).

The applicant is requesting permission to commit 5 percent of gross annual revenues derived from broadcasting activities to local expression, namely community programming, in lieu of the contribution required pursuant to section 29 of the Regulations.

Unless otherwise provided by condition of the licence, Northern Cable Holdings Limited would be required under subsection 29(5) of the Regulations and as a Class 1 terrestrial distributor with less than 20 000 subscribers, to make an annual contribution to Canadian programming of an amount not less than the greater of:

(i) 5 percent of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in a given year less any contribution to local expression made by the licensee in that year; and (ii) 1.5 percent of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in a given year.

3. Delta Cable
Delta, British Columbia

Requesting relief, by condition of licence, from the regulatory requirement of section 29 of the Broadcasting Distribution Regulations (the Regulations).

The applicant is requesting permission to commit 5 percent of gross annual revenues derived from broadcasting activities to local expression, namely community programming, in lieu of the contribution required pursuant to section 29 of the Regulations.

Unless otherwise provided by condition of the licence, Delta Cable would be required, under subsection 29(4) of the Regulations and as a Class 1 terrestrial distributor with at least 20 000 but fewer than 60 000 subscribers, to make a contribution to Canadian programming:

(a) in the broadcasting year ending on August 31, 1999, of an amount not less than the greater of: (i) 5 percent of its gross revenue derived from broadcasting activities in that year less any contribution to local expression made by the licensee in that year; and (ii) 2.5 percent of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in that year; and

(b) in the broadcast year ending on August 31, 2000, and in each broadcast year thereafter, of an amount not less than the greater of: (i) 5 percent of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in the year less any contribution to local expression made by the licensee in that year; and (ii) 3 percent of its gross revenues derived from broadcasting activities in that year.

Deadline for intervention: November 12, 1998

October 8, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-104

Revised Lists of Eligible Satellite Services

Addition of CKVU-TV (IND)

1. In Decision CRTC 98-482 of today's date, the Commission approved the application by Canadian Satellite Communications Inc. (Cancom) to add the signal of CKVU-TV (IND) Vancouver to the list of signals that it is authorized to distribute.

2. CKVU-TV has also been added to the List of Part 3 Eligible Satellite Services (Part 3 list).

Addition of WWJ-TV (CBS)

3. The Commission has also approved the application by Cancom to add the signal of WWJ-TV (CBS) Detroit, Michigan, to the list of signals that it is authorized to distribute. WWJ-TV has been added to Section A of the List of Part 2 Eligible Satellite Services (Part 2 list) and to the Part 3 list.

4. The Commission notes that Cancom intends to distribute WWJ-TV as well as to continue to distribute WTOL-TV Toledo, Ohio (both CBS affiliates), for a period not to exceed six months from today's date. At the end of the transitional period, Cancom will cease to distribute WTOL-TV and the signal will be removed from the Part 2 list, Section A, and from the Part 3 list.

Revised Lists

5. The above-mentioned lists supersede the lists appended to Public Notice CRTC 1998-61 dated June 23, 1998. For convenience, the List of DTH Eligible Satellite Services is also attached to the complete version of this public notice as Appendix C.

October 8, 1998

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CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE 1998-105

Atlantic and Quebec Region

1. Coopérative de câblodistribution de Saint-Fidèle
Saint-Fidèle, Quebec

To be relieved, by condition of licence, of the requirement to delete the duplicate programming from CFTM-TV (TVA) Montréal, Quebec, received from a satellite relay distribution undertaking (SRDU), or to substitute therefor the local service of CIMT-TV (TVA) Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, when the programming is identical.

2. CIBM-FM Mont-Bleu ltée
Trois-Pistoles and Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec

To amend the broadcasting licence of the (radio) programming undertaking CIBM-FM Rivière-du-Loup, by increasing the effective radiated power of its transmitter CIBM-FM-2 Trois-Pistoles from 7.8 to 183 watts.

Deadline for intervention: November 12, 1998

October 8, 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.

98-475 October 5, 1998

9063-0104 Québec inc., "Radio Gaé-Rit Lac Mégantic"
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec

Approved — Acquisition of the assets of the radio programming undertaking CKFL Lac Mégantic from Radio Plus Mégantic inc. The licence will expire August 31, 2003.

98-476 October 5, 1998

The Winnipeg Campus/Community Radio Society Inc.
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Approved — Broadcasting licence for an English-language FM campus/community radio programming undertaking at Winnipeg. The licence will expire August 31, 2005.

98-477 October 5, 1998

Peace River Broadcasting Corporation Ltd.
High Level, Alberta

Approved — Broadcasting licence for an English-language FM radio programming undertaking at High Level. The licence will expire August 31, 2003.

98-478 October 5, 1998

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (on behalf of Environment Canada)
Iqaluit, Northwest Territories

Approved — Broadcasting licence for an English-language low power FM radio programming undertaking at Iqaluit. The licence will expire August 31, 2005.

98-479 October 5, 1998

Brian Kelly, on behalf of a company to be incorporated and to be known as Red River Incorporated Band Ltd.
Tsiigehtchic (Arctic Red River), Northwest Territories

Approved — Broadcasting licence to carry on a cable distribution undertaking to serve Tsiigehtchic (Arctic Red River). The Class 3 licence will expire August 31, 2005.

98-480 October 5, 1998

Purcell Radio Society
Cranbrook, British Columbia

Denied — Broadcasting licence to carry on a low power English-language FM campus/community radio programming undertaking at Cranbrook.

98-481 October 5, 1998

Star-FM Radio Inc.
Chilliwack, British Columbia

Approved — Deletion of the condition of licence requiring CKSR-FM to broadcast an instrumental music level of at least 35 percent of all musical selections played each broadcast week.

98-482 October 8, 1998

Canadian Satellite Communications Inc.
Across Canada

Approved — Addition of WWJ-TV (CBS) Detroit, Michigan and CKVU-TV (IND) Vancouver to the list of signals authorized to distribute.

98-483 October 8, 1998

McLeese Lake Recreation Commission
Soda Creek and McLeese Lake, British Columbia

Approved — Amendment to the licence for the radiocommunication distribution undertaking serving Soda Creek by extending its service area to include McLeese Lake; adding, in non-encrypted mode, of the Open Learning Agency (Knowledge Network); and changing the distribution channel for CHAN-TV (CTV) Vancouver and CFJC-TV (CBC) Kamloops and increasing the transmitter power.

Revocation of the licence for the radiocommunication distribution undertaking serving McLeese Lake.

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