Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Transport and Communications

Issue No. 38 - Minutes of Proceedings - September 25, 2018

OTTAWA, Tuesday, September 25, 2018
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications met this day at 9:33 a.m., in room 2, Victoria Building, the chair, the Honourable David Tkachuk, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Boisvenu, Bovey, Cormier, Dawson, Gagné, Galvez, MacDonald, Manning, Mercer, Miville-Dechêne and Tkachuk (11).

In attendance: Zackery Shaver and Jed Chong, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Services, Library of Parliament.

Also present: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, the committee continued its examination on 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.

WITNESS:

As an individual:

Konrad von Finckenstein, former chair, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

The chair made a statement.

Mr. von Finckenstein made a statement and answered questions.

At 10:37 a.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Joëlle Nadeau
Acting Clerk of the Committee