Registration - Consultant

Subject Matters

• Arts and Culture
• Broadcasting
• Industry
• Intellectual Property
• International Trade
• Justice and Law Enforcement
• Labour
• Privacy and Access to Information
• Taxation and Finance
• Telecommunications

Subject Matter Details

Policies or Program

• Broadcasting policy that takes account the consumer-driven competitive environment, including competition from licensed and unlicensed sources with regards to the impact of ongoing regulatory changes on consumers, on broadcast distribution undertakings, and on programming services in Canada.
• Ongoing discussions with regards to rights and interests of broadcasters, re-transmitters and internet service providers in the context of copyright policy and regulations.
• Spectrum policies that consider WiFi and unlicensed use of spectrum, in addition to more traditional mobile platforms.
• Telecommunications and broadband policies that take into account the dynamism and diversity of networks in the market, as well as the diversity of consumer needs.
• Trade policy, in the context of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and World Intellectual Property Organization with regards to the rights and interests of broadcasters, retransmitters and internet service providers.

Regulation

• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission review of Basic Telecommunications Services, with regards to the impact on consumers, the National Contribution Fund, market forces, government initiatives and public-private partnerships.
• Copyright regulations concerning the notice-and-notice provisions of the Copyright Modernization Act.
• Radiocommunications Act, in relation to proposed transfer of spectrum licences.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication

Government Institutions

• Canadian Heritage (PCH)
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
• Competition Bureau Canada (COBU)
• Copyright Board of Canada (CB)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• Justice Canada (JC)
• Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying (OCL)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Senate of Canada
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

Address:
40 Elgin Street, #1400
Ottawa, ON  K1P 5K6
Canada

Telephone number: 613-688-6751
Fax number: 613-688-6799  

Client representative

Jim Patrick, Vice President, Government Relations

Parent Company Information

Shaw Communications is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.