ARCHIVED - Public Notice CRTC 1991-109

In CRTC Circular 1990-99 on October 26, 1990, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was asked to revise the internal policy statement on gender role stereotypes implemented since 1979. The policy of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's image of women corresponds to the federal initiative to promote equality in Canadian society and to eliminate discrimination.

In the announcement of CRTC from 1990 to 1999, the European Commission announced approval of revision of gender-specific fixed idea applied to the private broadcasting industry, considering the scope and mission of CBC, the National Public Broadcasting Station always We will play a strong leaders role in all relevant matters, including self-regulation that we thought should be "within the industry"

In March 1991, the CBC Executive Board approved the revision guide on gender role depiction and submitted it to the committee for approval. In August, CBC made several small changes. The CBC gender role description guide (see Appendix) revised on August 12, 1991 has been approved by the Committee and, as of today, is a substitute for the 1979 Policy Statement "Image of Women in CBC Program".

As in the case of the private sector, the European Commission considers the guide itself (and applicable definitions) only as a guideline for CBC's stereotypical idea on the role of men and women, and allows the conditions to comply with these guidelines. In assessing compliance, the European Commission hopes that the spirit and intent of this Code will be reliably maintained. This evaluation is done in a dramatic or informative context in which the role of gender is drawn.

The European Commission believes that the CBC's revised guidelines, objectives, application, management and interpretation, and the "guidance" paragraph on stereotypes, sexuality and language, provide information that will be useful for public and corporate employees to understand We believe to provide. Guidelines

CRTC is pleased that we have confirmed the committee's statement on leadership role of the company through revision of CBC. CBC briefly explains how to deal with presence, diversity, role, and balance in all programs and advertisements broadcast on CBC networks and radio stations. The company prohibits unjustified and unnecessary generalization; the law stipulates that oral and visual exploitation of individuals should not be allowed; and the language used by that broadcaster is the gender equality We must respect the principle.

On October 30, the announcement on the announcement on broadcast on CRTC 20i 8-100 (above), the European Commission asked for opinions on changes in the regulation system for video on demand business and commercial advertisement sales. Provide locally on specialized professional services other than Canada, new licensing conditions of mainstream sports and national journalism professional services (broadcast announcement CRTC 2008-101, 2008-102 and 2008-103). On February 11, CRTC announced a new policy on the broadcast of English FM radio programs. A) to remove the restrictions of commercial FM radio broadcasting in the UK market, b) to maintain current bilinguals in Montreal and Ottawa - click-to-play restrictions on British commercial FM radio stations in the Gatineau market, and c Update list of charts used to determine hits

In April, CRTC revised its commercial radio policy in a statement named "Commercial Radio Policy 1998" (Announcement 1998-41). It recommended that Canadian content requests for popular music stations be raised to 35%. In addition, CRTC also announced "Introduction of Competition Policy Framework for Satellite Relay Distribution Industry" (1998 - 60 announced). On May 17, CRTC announced the decision of a new media policy. The European Commission stated, "The vast majority of the services available on the Internet are outside the scope of the Broadcasting Act as it is composed of alphanumeric texts and are therefore outside the jurisdiction of the European Commission. The association does not manage new services Media activity by the Internet broadcasting law "(announcement 1999-84)