OTTAWA – The Canadian-content-advocate side of the creative industry issued a press release this morning saying they are appealing the CRTC’s satellite radio decision to federal cabinet.
“The coalition is seeking an early opportunity to brief the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the opposition critics. A similar initiative is being announced today in Montreal by a coalition of francophone cultural organizations,” said the release.
The organizations who make up the appealing coalition are: ACTRA, the Canadian Independent Record Production Association, the Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canada, the Directors Guild of Canada, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, the National Campus & Community Radio Association, SOCAN, the Songwriters Association of Canada, and the Writers’ Guild of Canada.
Here is the text of the letter addressed to Dr. Alex Himelfarb, clerk of the Privy Council
Dear Dr. Himelfarb:
On behalf of our respective organizations, and as provided for in Subsection 28 (1) of the Broadcasting Act, we the undersigned respectfully petition the Governor in Council to set aside or refer back to the CRTC for reconsideration and hearing two of its decisions on subscription radio issued on June 16th, 2005 (2005-246 & 2005- 247).
We will shortly submit evidence and argument that the above decisions derogate from the attainment of the objectives of the broadcasting policy set out in Subsection 3 (1) of the Act.
