Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Arts and Culture
- Broadcasting
- Industry
- Intellectual Property
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Labour
- Telecommunications
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Meetings with officials requesting that any proposed Copyright bill be balanced and responsive to the needs and demands of consumers, and promote innovation and the ability to maximize the use of new technologies.
Meetings with officials from the Department of Canadian Heritage and Industry Canada to urge the continuation of Canada's position at international meetings concerning a possible WIPO Broadcast Rights Treaty to ensure that (i) Canada retains flexibility to maintain features of its domestic law that would require "exceptions" to any new WIPO Treaty, and (ii) that other international treaties (e.g. Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement) do not introduce de facto copyright obligations that are inconsistent with Canadian copyright law.
- Radiocommunication Act, amendments to strengthen enforcement of illegal satellite theft
Policies or Program
- Encourage the Government to exercise its policy role and mandate vis a vis broadcasting.
- Foreign Ownership restrictions in telecommunications and satellites - further to the commitment made in the Speech from the Throne and Budget 2010 on liberalization of limits, we would like to ensure that the same rules be applied equally to Broadcasting Distribution Undertakings.
- Petition to Govenor in Council to Vary, Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2010-632, in order to ensure same rules apply to cable operators as does incumbent phone companies
- Spectrum Auction for 700 MHz and 2500 MHz - ensure that the Government reserves a portion of spectrum for new entrants either a set aside or a cap.
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-100, Regulatory frameworks for broadcasting distribution undertakings and discretionary programming services and Broadcasting Public Notice 2009-411 concerning issues in connection with over-the-air broadcasting, include "signal value compensation" or "fee for carriage"
Regulation
- Over the Top Providers - ensure that services like Netflix, Hulu and Apple TV operate under the same regulatory system as broadcast distributors.
- Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics review of the Lobbying Act, in view of government relations community concerns with current framework, in connection to Shaw staff role as Board member of the Government Relations Institute of Canada.
- Telecom Decision CRTC 2011-44 - Usage-based billing for Gateway Access Services and third-party Internet access services - In this decision, the Commission determines that usage-based billing rates for an incumbent telephone carrier’s wholesale residential Gateway Access Services or equivalent services, and for an incumbent cable carrier’s third-party Internet access services, are to be established at a discount of 15 percent from the carrier’s comparable usage-based billing rates for its retail Internet services.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
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Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
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Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA)
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Competition Tribunal (CT)
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Environment Canada
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
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House of Commons
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Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
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Industry Canada
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Justice Canada (JC)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
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Senate of Canada
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Solicitor General Canada (SGC)
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Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD)
In-house Corporation Details
Description of activities
Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, Internet, Digital Phone, telecommunications services (through Big Pipe Inc.) and satellite direct-to-home services (through Shaw Direct) to approximately 3.0 million customers. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is a member of the S&P/TSX 60 index (Symbol: TSX - SJR.NV.B, NYSE - SJR).
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Brad Shaw,
CEO
Government funding
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Corporation Contact Information
Address:
40 Elgin Street, #1400
Ottawa, ON K1P 5K6
Canada
Telephone number:
403-750-6971
Fax number:
403-234-6278
Parent Company Information
Shaw Communications is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.
Subsidiary Beneficiary Information
- 1380057 Alberta Ltd.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- MOF Newco 4 Ltd.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- MOF Newco 6 Ltd.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Mountain Cablevision Limited
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Shaw Business Solutions Inc.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Shaw Cablesystems G.P.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Shaw Cablesystems Limited
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Shaw Direct
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Shaw Fiberlink Ltd.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Shaw Media
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Shaw Pay Per-View Ltd.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Shaw Satellite G.P.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Shaw Satellite Services Inc.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Shaw Telecom G.P.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Shaw Telecom Inc.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
- Videon Cablesystems Inc.
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630 - 3rd Avenue SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4L4
Canada
Lobbyists Details
Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties
- Peter Bissonnette,
President |
No public offices held
- Jay Mehr,
Sr. VP. Operations – Shaw Communications Inc |
No public offices held
- Paul Robertson,
Group Vice President, Broadcasting and President of Shaw Media |
No public offices held
- Brad Shaw,
Chief Executive Officer |
No public offices held
- Barbara Williams,
Senior Vice President, Content, Shaw Media |
No public offices held
- Steve Wilson,
Senior. V.P. Chief Financial Officer, Shaw |
No public offices held
Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties
- Jeff Bray,
Manager, Government and Regulatory Affairs, B.C. |
No public offices held
- Jean Brazeau,
Senior Vice President, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs |
Public offices held
- Paul Cowling,
Senior Director, Regulatory-Wireless |
Public offices held
- Michael Ferras,
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs |
Public offices held
- Charles King,
Vice President, Government Relations |
Public offices held
- Cynthia Rathwell,
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Star Choice |
No public offices held
- Dean Shaikh,
Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs |
Public offices held
- Laurie Templeton,
Manager, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Alberta and Saskatchewan |
No public offices held
- Shelly Wiseman,
Manager, Government & Regulatory Affairs, Manitoba and Ontario |
No public offices held
