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

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

• Renewal of the Canadian Television Fund (CTF), with regard to the structure and support of the fund

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

• Anti-Counterfeiting and Trade Agreement (ACTA) with respect to additional obligations that may be imposed on Internet Service Providers
• 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, broadcasters and broadcasting distribution undertakings
• Electronic Commerce Protection Act - with regards to its impact on the company as an Internet service provider, as well as an entity which uses electronic communications to communicate with its customers and prospective customers.
• Potential Amendments to the Broadcasting Act, with respect to streamlining regulation of broadcasting industry.
• Potential Amendments to the Radio Communication Act Pertaining to Signal Piracy
• Review of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) as relates to communications service providers’ obligations

Policies or Program

• Broadband Canada - Connecting Rural Canadians program which is of interest to relative to Bell's deferral account broadband expansion
• Broadcasting Policies Relating to Commercial Radio
• Broadcasting Policies Relating to Conventional Television
• Broadcasting Policies Relating to Specialty Television
• Digital Transition (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-53) “ Determinations regarding certain aspects of regulatory framework for over-the-air television” with regard to the timeframe within which we must convert our over-the-air television transmitters to digital.
• 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 cable companies
• Spectrum policy framework for incumbent carriers with respect to financial and technological implications of government policies

Regulation

• Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997 under section 11 of the Broadcasting Act.
• CRTC Broadcasting Distribution Regulations, with respect to Public Notice 2008-100, Regulatory Frameworks for broadcasting distribution.
• Pension plan regulations with regard to their impact on the solvency funding and other requirements for Bell as a plan sponsor

Communication Techniques

• Written communication
• Oral communication

Government Institutions

• Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
• 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)
• Citizenship and Immigration Canada
• Competition Tribunal (CT)
• Environment Canada
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
• House of Commons
• Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)
• Industry Canada
• 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 Works and Government Services Canada
• Senate of Canada
• Solicitor General Canada (SGC)
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

Address:
160 Elgin Street
19th Floor
Ottawa, ON  K2P 2C4
Canada

Telephone number: 613-785-0615
Fax number: 613-230-8813  

Client representative

Mirko Bibic, Executive Vice-President, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer

Parent Company Information

BCE Inc. is not a subsidiary of any other parent companies.