Direction to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Respecting the Implementation of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (SOR/2020-77)
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Direction to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Respecting the Implementation of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement
SOR/2020-77
Registration 2020-04-07
Direction to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Respecting the Implementation of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement
P.C. 2020-231 2020-04-03
Whereas the Government of Canada has entered into the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States, done at Buenos Aires on November 30, 2018, as amended by the Protocol of Amendment to the Agreement between Canada, the United States of America and the United Mexican States, done at Mexico City on December 10, 2019;
Whereas paragraphs 1 and 4 of Annex 15-D of that Agreement concern matters within the jurisdiction of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission under the Broadcasting ActFootnote a;
Return to footnote aS.C. 1991, c. 11
And whereas the Minister of Canadian Heritage has, in accordance with subsection 27(2)Footnote b of that Act, consulted with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission;
Return to footnote bS.C. 2020, c. 1, s. 152
Therefore, Her Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, pursuant to paragraph 27(1)(a)Footnote b of the Broadcasting ActFootnote a, makes the annexed Direction to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Respecting the Implementation of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement.
Marginal note:Definition of Agreement
1 In this Direction, Agreement has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act.
Marginal note:Direction
2 (1) The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is directed to implement, by appropriate means, paragraphs 1 and 4 of Annex 15-D of the Agreement.
Marginal note:Direction — home shopping television programming services
(2) To implement paragraph 4 of Annex 15-D of the Agreement, the Commission is directed to place United States home shopping television programming services based in the United States, including modified versions of those programming services for the Canadian market, on the List of non-Canadian programming services and stations authorized for distribution and to ensure that those programming services may negotiate affiliation agreements with distribution undertakings.
Marginal note:Coming into force
Footnote *3 This Direction comes into force on the day on which section 152 of the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement Implementation Act, chapter 1 of the Statutes of Canada, 2020, comes into force, but if it is registered after that day, it comes into force on the day on which it is registered.
Return to footnote *[Note: Direction in force July 1, 2020, see SI/2020-33, amended by SI/2020-46.]
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