CRTC communications monitoring report : Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission communications monitoring report

It provides a means to assess the impact of market and technological developments on, but not limited to, the cultural, social and economic objectives of the Broadcasting Act and the Telecommunications Act (the Acts), and the effectiveness of the Commission's regulatory frameworks and determinations in achieving the objectives. [...] The components of broadcasting policy set out at section 3 of the Broadcasting Act are directly or indirectly tied to the cultural, social, political and economic fabric of Canada while those of the Telecommunications Act, as set out in section 7 of that Act, are tied to the social and economic fabric of the country. [...] Pursuant to section 47 of the Telecommunications Act, the Commission must exercise its powers and perform its duties with a view to implementing the telecommunications policy objectives set out in section 7 of the Telecommunications Act, ensuring that the rates charged by Canadian telecommunications carriers are just and reasonable, that, in relation to the provision of telecommunications services [...] Consistent with subsection 3(1)(d)(iii) of the Broadcasting Act, the Canadian broadcasting system should: through its programming and the employment opportunities arising out of its operations, serve the needs and interests, and reflect the circumstances and aspirations of Canadian men, women and children, including equal rights, the linguistic duality and multicultural and multiracial nature of C [...] The Commission issued its response to the report in Broadcasting Public Notice 2005-24.24 The Commission stated that, in addition to overall improvements in the representation and reflection of ethnocultural diversity on television, it expected progress to be made by broadcasters in addressing the key gaps identified by the research, namely: 1. the virtual absence of Aboriginal peoples in all genr