CONSOLIDATION

Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of Non-Canadians)

SOR/97-192

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OFFICIAL STATUS OF CONSOLIDATIONS Subsections 31(1) and (3) of the Legislation Revision and Consolidation Act, in force on June 1, 2009, provide as follows: Published consolidation is evidence

31 (1) Every copy of a consolidated statute or consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act in either print or electronic form is evidence of that statute or regulation and of its contents and every copy purporting to be published by the Minister is deemed to be so published, unless the contrary is shown. ... Inconsistencies in regulations

(3) In the event of an inconsistency between a consolidated regulation published by the Minister under this Act and the original regulation or a subsequent amendment as registered by the Clerk of the Privy Council under the Statutory Instruments Act, the original regulation or amendment prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.

LAYOUT The notes that appeared in the left or right margins are now in boldface text directly above the provisions to which they relate. They form no part of the enactment, but are inserted for convenience of reference only.

NOTE This consolidation is current to June 20, 2022. Any amendments that were not in force as of June 20, 2022 are set out at the end of this document under the heading “Amendments Not in Force”.

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of Non-Canadians)

Interpretation

Direction

Repeal

Coming into Force

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Registration SOR/97-192 April 8, 1997

BROADCASTING ACT Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of Non-Canadians)

P.C. 1997-486

April 8, 1997

Whereas, pursuant to subsection 26(4) of the Broadcasting Acta, the Minister of Canadian Heritage has consulted with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission with regard to the annexed Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of NonCanadians); Therefore, His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, pursuant to subsection 26(1) of the Broadcasting Acta, hereby issues the annexed Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of Non-Canadians).

a

S.C. 1991, c. 11

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Interpretation 1 The definitions in this section apply in this Direction.

acquiring corporation means a corporation referred to in paragraph 17(2)(a) of the Canadian Telecommunications Common Carrier Ownership and Control Regulations as they read on October 25, 1994, registered as SOR/94-667. (acquéreur) affiliate corporation means, in relation to a qualified successor, (a) a Canadian carrier referred to in subsection 16(2)

of the Telecommunications Act or any of its subsidiary corporations; (b) an acquiring corporation or any of its subsidiary corporations; or (c) a corporation that controls the corporations referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), or any of its subsidiary corporations. (société affiliée)

Canadian means (a) a citizen within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of

the Citizenship Act who is ordinarily resident in Canada; (b) a permanent resident within the meaning of subsection 2(1) of the Immigration Act who is ordinarily resident in Canada and has been ordinarily resident in Canada for not more than one year after the date on which that person first became eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship; (c) a Canadian government, whether federal, provincial or local, or an agency thereof, subject to the Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility to Hold Broadcasting Licences); (d) a corporation without share capital where a majority of its directors are appointed or designated, either by their personal names or by their names of office, by one or more of the following, namely, (i) a federal or provincial statute or any regulation

made thereunder,

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(ii) the Governor in Council or the lieutenant governor in council of a province, and (iii) a minister of the Crown in right of Canada or a

province; (e) a qualified corporation; (f) a qualified mutual insurance company; (g) a qualified pension fund society; (h) a qualified cooperative; or (i) a qualified successor (i) for the purpose of holding a broadcasting distribution undertaking licence, or (ii) for the purpose of beneficially owning, directly or indirectly, 50 per cent or less of all the issued and outstanding voting shares, and 50 per cent or less of the votes, of a qualified corporation that holds a broadcasting licence for a distribution undertaking only. (Canadien)

control means control in any manner that results in control in fact, whether directly through the ownership of securities or indirectly through a trust, an agreement or arrangement, the ownership of a corporation or otherwise. (contrôle) director means a person who is a member of the board of directors of a corporation or, where the corporation has no directors, a person performing functions that are similar to the functions performed by directors. (administrateur) independent member means a person who is not an officer or employee of, or a contractor who provides goods or services to, a qualified successor or any of its affiliate corporations, who is not a director of any affiliate corporations of the qualified successor, and in respect of whom there are no considerations that could reasonably be anticipated to interfere with the person’s ability to act in the best interests of the qualified successor. (membre indépendant) non-Canadian means a person or entity that is not a Canadian. (non-Canadien) qualified cooperative means a cooperative, not less than 80 per cent of the members of which are Canadians, that is established under an Act of Parliament or under any provincial legislation that relates to the establishment of cooperatives. (coopérative qualifiée)

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qualified corporation means a corporation incorporated or continued under the laws of Canada or a province, where (a) the chief executive officer or, where the corporation has no chief executive officer, the person performing functions that are similar to the functions performed by a chief executive officer, and not less than 80 per cent of the directors are Canadians; (b) in the case of a corporation having share capital, Canadians beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate and otherwise than by way of security only, not less than 80 per cent of all the issued and outstanding voting shares of the corporation and not less than 80 per cent of the votes; and (c) in the case of a corporation that is a subsidiary

corporation, (i) the parent corporation is incorporated or continued under the laws of Canada or a province, (ii) Canadians beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate and otherwise than by way of security only, not less than 66 2/3 per cent of all of the issued and outstanding voting shares of the parent corporation and not less than 66 2/3 per cent of the votes, and (iii) the parent corporation or its directors do not

exercise control or influence over any programming decisions of the subsidiary corporation where (A) Canadians beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, in the aggregate and otherwise than by way of security only, less than 80 per cent of the issued and outstanding voting shares of the parent corporation and less than 80 per cent of the votes, (B) the chief executive officer of the parent corporation or, where the parent corporation has no chief executive officer, the person performing functions that are similar to the functions performed by a chief executive officer is a nonCanadian, or (C) less than 80 per cent of the directors of the

parent corporation are Canadian. (personne morale qualifiée) qualified mutual insurance company means a mutual insurance company, the head office and principal place of business of which are in Canada and not less than 80 per cent of the board of directors and of each committee of

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the directors of which are Canadians. (société mutuelle d’assurance qualifiée) qualified pension fund society means a pension fund society, not less than 80 per cent of the board of directors of which and of each committee of the directors of which are Canadians, and that is established under An Act to incorporate the Guarantee and Pension Fund Society of the Dominion Bank, S.C. 1887, c. 55, An Act to incorporate the Pension Fund Society of the Bank of Montreal, S.C. 1885, c. 13, the Pension Fund Societies Act, R.S., 1985, c. P-8, or under any provincial legislation that relates to the establishment of pension fund societies. (société de caisse de retraite qualifiée) qualified successor means a corporation referred to in paragraph 17(2)(b) or (c) of the Canadian Telecommunications Common Carrier Ownership and Control Regulations as they read on October 25, 1994, registered as SOR/94-667, incorporated or continued under the laws of Canada or a province and directly controlled by a Canadian carrier referred to in subsection 16(2) of the Telecommunications Act, or by its acquiring corporation, where (a) the control of the Canadian carrier and its acquiring corporation has remained unchanged since the date of the coming into force of this Direction; (b) the chief executive officer of the corporation or,

where the corporation has no chief executive officer, the person performing functions that are similar to the functions performed by a chief executive officer, and all its directors are Canadians; (c) all the voting shares of the corporation that are not

beneficially owned and controlled by the Canadian carrier or its acquiring corporation are beneficially owned and controlled by Canadians; (d) in the case of a corporation referred to in subparagraph (i)(ii) of the definition Canadian, all the voting shares of the qualified corporation that are not beneficially owned by the corporation are beneficially owned and controlled by Canadians; (e) the corporation operates only in the operating territory of the Canadian carrier; (f) the corporation does not beneficially own, directly or indirectly, voting shares of a corporation that holds a broadcasting distribution undertaking licence and that operates outside of the operating territory of the Canadian carrier;

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(g) the directors of the corporation and its officers

have complete and exclusive programming decisions and

control

over

all

(i) at least 33 1/3 per cent of the directors are independent members, and (ii) a quorum at any meeting of the directors or of any committee of the directors must include at least one independent member; and (h) no parent corporation or affiliate corporation of the corporation exercises any control or influence over any programming decisions of the corporation. (ayant droit qualifié)

subsidiary corporation means a corporation that is controlled by another corporation. (filiale) voting share means a share of any class of shares of a corporation carrying voting rights under all circumstances or by reason of any event that has occurred and is continuing or by reason of a condition that has been fulfilled, and includes (a) a security that is convertible into such a share at the time a calculation of the percentage of shares owned and controlled by Canadians is made; and (b) an option or a right to acquire such a share, or the security referred to in paragraph (a), that is exercisable at the time the calculation referred to in that paragraph is made. (action avec droit de vote) SOR/98-378, s. 1.

Direction 2 The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is hereby directed that no broadcasting licence may be issued, and no amendments or renewals thereof may be granted, to an applicant that is a non-Canadian. 3 Where the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission determines that an applicant is controlled by a non-Canadian, whether on the basis of personal, financial, contractual or business relations or any other considerations relevant to determining control, other than the beneficial ownership and control of the

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voting shares of a qualified successor by a Canadian carrier or its acquiring corporation, the applicant is deemed to be a non-Canadian.

Repeal 4 The Direction to the CRTC (Ineligibility of

Non-Canadians)1 is repealed.

Coming into Force 5 This Direction comes into force on April 8, 1997.

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