Registration - Consultant

Subject Matters

• Arts and Culture
• Broadcasting
• Budget
• Consumer Issues
• Government Procurement
• Industry
• Infrastructure
• Intellectual Property
• Internal 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

• 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
• Participation in the recently launched Innovation Agenda Consultation by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
• 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
• Replacement Worker Legislation - legislation that bans replacement workers during a labour dispute hindering our ability to operate our networks and serve our customers
• Review of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) as relates to communications service providers’ obligations

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 relating to signal piracy, and copyright infringement
• Procurement - as a supplier to the Government of Canada Bell engages in discussions to reduce costs in procurement associated with end user devices, networks, support services and solutions
• Proposed government broadband programs related to rural deployment.
• Spectrum policy framework with respect to technological and financial implications of government policies.

Regulation

• 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
• Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

• 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)
• Competition Tribunal (CT)
• Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
• Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
• Finance Canada (FIN)
• Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
• House of Commons
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
• Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
• Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
• 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)
• Senate of Canada
• Transport Canada (TC)
• Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

Address:
1, Carrefour Alexander Graham Bell
Building A, 6th Floor
Verdun, QC  H3E 3B3
Canada

Telephone number: 416-353-3500

Client representative

Mirko Bibic, Executive Vice President & Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer

Parent Company Information

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