Order Declining to Set Aside or to Refer Back to the CRTC a Decision Respecting CHUM Limited

SI/93-199

BROADCASTING ACT

Registration 1993-11-03

Order Declining to Set Aside or to Refer Back to the CRTC a Decision Respecting CHUM Limited

P.C. 1993-1890 1993-10-22

Whereas the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission rendered Decision CRTC 93-324 on July 30, 1993 approving the applications by CHUM Limited for authority to acquire the assets of CKKW and CFCA-FM Kitchener from Electrohome Limited, doing business under the name and style of “CAP Communications”, and for broadcasting licences to continue the operation of the said undertakings;

Whereas, subsequent to the rendering of Decision CRTC 93-324, the Governor in Council has received a petition requesting that the said decision be set aside or referred back to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for reconsideration and hearing;

And Whereas the Governor in Council, having considered the petition, is not satisfied that Decision CRTC 93-324 derogates from the attainment of the objectives of the broadcasting policy set out in subsection 3(1) of the Broadcasting Act;

Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State of Canada, pursuant to section 28 of the Broadcasting Act, hereby declines to set aside or to refer Decision CRTC 93-324 of July 30, 1993, back to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission for reconsideration and hearing by the Commission.