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, October 2, 2018
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Issue No. 39
Consideration of a draft agenda (future business)
Third and fourth 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
WITNESSES
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
As an individual:
William G. Hutchison, Distinguished Fellow, Innovation Policy Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto.
Nordicity:
Stuart Jack, Partner.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada:
Aline Chevrier, Senior Director, Spectrum Licensing and Auction Operations;
Pamela Miller, Director General, Telecommunications and Internet Policy Branch.
Canadian Heritage:
Thomas Owen Ripley, Director General, Broadcasting and Digital Communications Branch;
Drew Olsen, Director, Marketplace and Legislative Policy.
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, Dasko, *Day (or Mercer), Gagné, Galvez, Griffin, *Harder, P.C. (or Bellemare) (or Mitchell), Manning, McIntyre, 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 Dasko replaced the Honourable Senator Bovey (October 3, 2018).
The Honourable Senator McIntyre replaced the Honourable Senator MacDonald (October 2, 2018).
The Honourable Senator Griffin replaced the Honourable Senator Miville-Dechêne (October 3, 2018).