Registration - Consultant

Subject Matters

• Arts and Culture
• Broadcasting
• Budget
• Consumer Issues
• Government Procurement
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Intellectual Property
• International Trade
• Justice and Law Enforcement
• Labour
• National Security/Security
• Pensions
• Privacy and Access to Information
• Regional Development
• Research and Development
• Science and Technology
• Small Business
• Taxation and Finance
• Telecommunications

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada
• An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Date Protection Tribunal Act
• Bills related to lawful access obligations that will have a direct impact on the Company from a financial and operational perspective, as well as impact on Bell customers from a privacy perspective, and with respect to obligations imposed on carriers with respect to intercept and subscriber information.
• Copyright Act amendments affecting internet service providers and broadcasting distribution undertakings and broadcasting programming undertakings
• Legislation focused on critical infrastructure and cyber security
• Potential Amendments to the Broadcast Act and Telecommunications Act as per legislative review.
• Potential Amendments to the Broadcasting Act, with respect to streamlining regulation of broadcasting industry.
• Proposing amendments pursuant to Income Tax Act concerning Capital Cost Allowance deductions and concerning electronic commerce
• Regulatory modernization legislation to reduce the regulatory burden faced by businesses.
• Replacement Worker Legislation - legislation that bans replacement workers during a labour dispute hindering our ability to operate our networks and serve our customers
• The Comprehensive Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), provisions related to copyright, culture, telecommunications and broadcasting.
• The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), provisions related to copyright, culture, telecommunications and broadcasting.

Policies or Program

• Broadcasting Policies Relating to Commercial Radio
• Broadcasting Policies Relating to Conventional Television
• Broadcasting Policies Relating to Specialty and Pay Television
• Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) labour force -- policies related to increasing the talent supply in Canada
• Policies Relating to Broadcasting Distribution Undertakings with regard to the terms of carriage of our services by terrestrial and satellite television distributors
• Policies related to cyber security and the disruption of critical infrastructure
• Policies relating to signal piracy, and copyright infringement
• Procurement - as a supplier to the Government of Canada, Bell engages in discussions related to best practices and reducing costs in procurement associated with end user devices, networks, support services and solutions.
• Proposed government broadband programs related to rural deployment and affordable internet.
• Spectrum policy framework with respect to technological and financial implications of government policies.
• The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), provisions related to copyright, culture, telecommunications and broadcasting.

Regulation

• Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997 under section 11 of the Broadcasting Act.
• Pension plan regulations with regard to their impact on the solvency funding and other requirements for Bell as a plan sponsor
• Regulatory modernization focused on supporting innovation and business investment to make the Canadian regulatory system more agile, transparent and responsive.
• Regulatory modernization of the Canada Labour Code.

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication

Government Institutions

• Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
• Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
• Canadian Heritage (PCH)
• Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
• Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
• Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
• Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
• Competition Tribunal (CT)
• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• Health Canada (HC)
• House of Commons
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• National Capital Commission (NCC)
• National Defence (DND)
• Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
• Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
• Privy Council Office (PCO)
• Public Safety Canada (PS)
• Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
• Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
• Senate of Canada
• Shared Services Canada (SSC)
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
• Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

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Canada

Telephone number: 613-781-4593
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Client representative

Robert Malcolmson, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer

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