COMMISSIONS

CANADA-NOVA SCOTIA OFFSHORE PETROLEUM BOARD

CANADA-NOVA SCOTIA OFFSHORE PETROLEUM RESOURCES ACCORD IMPLEMENTATION ACT

Issuance of exploration licences

As required by subsection 62(4) of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act, S.C. 1988, c. 28, and subsection 65(4) of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation (Nova Scotia) Act, S.N.S. 1987, c. 3, notice is hereby given that the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board has issued exploration licences 2421 and 2422 to BEPCo. Canada Company as a result of Call for Bids No. NS08-2. The effective date of these two licences is August 14, 2009.

A summary of the terms and conditions of these licences was previously published in the Canada Gazette and in the Royal Gazette (Nova Scotia), as part of Call for Bids No. NS08-2. The full text of the Call for Bids and copies of the exploration licences are available from the Board upon request.

August 14, 2009

STUART PINKS, P.Eng.
Chief Executive Officer

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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

INQUIRY

Information processing and related telecommunications services

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) has received a complaint (File No. PR-2009-038) from Brainhunter (Ottawa) Inc. (Brainhunter), of Ottawa, Ontario, concerning a procurement (Solicitation No. TBIPS/SA/110) by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). The solicitation is for the services of computer programmers/analysts to design, develop, test and deliver .NET applications. 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 the complaint.

Brainhunter alleges that DFAIT improperly disqualified its proposal.

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, August 17, 2009

HÉLÈNE NADEAU
Secretary

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CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL

INQUIRY

Transportation, travel and relocation services

The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) has received a complaint (File No. PR-2009-037) from Giamac Inc. dba AutoRail Forwarders (Giamac), of Halifax, Nova Scotia, concerning a procurement (Solicitation No. W0153-09HLO1/B) by the Department of Public Works and Government Services (PWGSC) on behalf of the Department of National Defence. The solicitation is for transportation services of personal motor vehicles. 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 the complaint.

Giamac alleges that PWGSC improperly evaluated its proposal and did not provide an equal opportunity to all suppliers.

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, August 17, 2009

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

DECISIONS

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

2009-501 August 19, 2009

9174-8004 Québec inc.
Sainte-Marie de Beauce, Quebec

Approved — Application to amend the broadcasting licence for the French-language commercial radio programming undertaking CHEQ-FM Sainte-Marie de Beauce in order to change the station’s frequency and authorized contours.

2009-502 August 19, 2009

Sortir FM inc.
Québec, Quebec

Denied — Application to amend the broadcasting licence for the French-language tourist information radio programming undertaking CKJF-FM Québec in order to change the station’s frequency and to increase its effective radiated power.

2009-503 August 19, 2009

The Mountain Culture Collective Radio Society
Whistler, British Columbia

Approved — Renewal of the broadcasting licence for the English-language developmental community FM radio programming undertaking in Whistler, British Columbia, from September 1, 2009, to March 31, 2010, subject to the terms and conditions in effect under the current licence.

2009-504 August 19, 2009

Rogers Broadcasting Limited
Various locations

Approved — Renewal of the broadcasting licences for the multilingual ethnic television programming undertakings listed in this decision for a six-year licence term, from September 1, 2009, to August 31, 2015.

Approved — Request by Rogers Broadcasting Limited (Rogers) to harmonize its requirement for the provision of Canadian programming across all of its OMNI stations, to amend CJMT-TV’s requirement for the provision of ethnic programming in order to harmonize it with the conditions of licence applicable to the other OMNI stations and to eliminate the restrictions on the broadcast of non-Canadian, non-ethnic programming during specific broadcast periods for CFMT-TV and CJMT-TV.

Approved — Rogers’ request to harmonize across all of its OMNI stations the requirement to provide programming to a minimum of 20 distinct ethnic groups in a minimum of 20 distinct languages monthly and an amended requirement that no more than 16% of the programming be in any one foreign language during each broadcast month.

Approved — Extension to August 31, 2011, for the deadline to commence the operation of the digital television programming undertaking CHNM-DT Vancouver and its transmitter CHNM-DT-1 Victoria.

Denied — Rogers’ proposal to harmonize across all of its OMNI stations the requirement to broadcast ethnic programming during “peak” time and its request to remove the conditions of licence relating to the overlap of programming between OMNI and Citytv stations and Rogers’ request to remove the restriction relating to the overlap of ethnic programs in a foreign language on CJMT-TV and CFMT-TV during the same broadcast year.

2009-506 August 20, 2009

Various radio programming undertakings
Across Canada

Renewed — Broadcasting licences for the radio stations set out in the appendix to this decision, from September 1, 2009, to December 31, 2009.

2009-507 August 20, 2009

Groupe Radio Antenne 6 inc.
Alma and Roberval, Quebec

Approved — Broadcasting licence to operate a new French-language commercial FM radio station in Alma, to replace the AM station CFGT and amendment to the authorized contours of the radio station CHRL-FM Roberval.

2009-508 August 20, 2009

Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio Ltd.
Montréal, Quebec

Approved — Amendment to the broadcasting licence for its commercial specialty FM radio programming undertaking in Montréal.

2009-510 August 20, 2009

TELUS Communications Inc., and 1219823 Alberta ULC in partnership with TELUS Communications Inc. in TELE-MOBILE Company, partners in a general partnership
carrying on business as TELUS Communications Company
Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Penticton, Prince George, Terrace, Vancouver (including Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley and Whistler and surrounding areas), Vernon and Victoria, British Columbia

Calgary, Edmonton (including St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Spruce Grove and Stony Plain), Fort McMurray, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Red Deer, Alberta

Approved — Renewal of the Class 1 regional broadcasting licences for the terrestrial broadcasting distribution undertakings (BDUs) serving the above-noted communities in British Columbia and Alberta, from September 1, 2009, to October 31, 2009, subject to the terms and conditions in effect under the current licences.

2009-511 August 20, 2009

Various undertakings
Various locations

Approved — Renewal of the broadcasting licences for the radio programming undertakings listed in the appendix to this decision, from September 1, 2009, to March 31, 2010, subject to the terms and conditions in effect under the current licences.

2009-513 August 21, 2009

NeXaudio.net Inc.
Across Canada

Revoked — Broadcasting licence for the licensee’s national English-language radio network programming undertaking.

2009-515 August 21, 2009

Radio 710 AM Inc.
Niagara Falls, Ontario

Approved — Acquisition of the assets of the radio station CJRN Niagara Falls from CJRN 710 Inc., and issuance of a broadcasting licence to continue the operation of the undertaking.

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