Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications
First Session, Forty-second Parliament, 2015-16-17-18
Chair: The Honourable DAVID TKACHUK
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Issue No. 38
First and second meetings:
Examine how the three federal communications statutes (the Telecommunications Act, the Broadcasting Act, and the Radiocommunication Act) can be modernized to account for the evolution of the broadcasting and telecommunications sectors in the last decades
INCLUDING:
THE THIRTEENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Report on the study on emerging issues related to its mandate and ministerial mandate letters)
WITNESSES
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
As individuals:
Michael A. Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, Faculty of Law, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa;
Dwayne Winseck, Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University and Director of the Canadian Media Concentration Research Project.
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
As an individual:
Konrad von Finckenstein, former chair, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable David Tkachuk, Chair
The Honourable Patricia Bovey, Deputy Chair
The Honourable Dennis Dawson, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Boisvenu, Cormier, *Day (or Mercer), Gagné, Galvez, Griffin, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), MacDonald, Manning, Mercer, Miville-Dechêne, Plett, *Smith (or Martin), *Woo (or Saint-Germain)
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5 and to the order of the Senate of November 7, 2017, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne replaced the Honourable Senator Griffin (September 25, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Plett replaced the Honourable Senator Batters (June 13, 2018).