Canada Gazette, Part I, Volume 158, Number 22: COMMISSIONS
June 1, 2024
CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL
INQUIRY
Body armour
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has received a complaint (File PR-2024-009) from Med-Eng Holdings ULC (Med-Eng) of Ottawa, Ontario, concerning a procurement (Solicitation WS3836953161) made by the Department of Public Works and Government Services (PWGSC) on behalf of the Department of National Defence. The solicitation was for the supply of commercial, off-the-shelf dismounted infantry capability enhancement systems and related services. Pursuant to subsection 30.13(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act and subsection 7(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations, notice is given that the Tribunal made a decision on May 16, 2024, to conduct an inquiry into the complaint.
Med-Eng alleges that there is a lack of clarity in the solicitation documents regarding the requirement to test both the male- and female-shaped ballistic panels. It also alleges that PWGSC’s refusal to grant it an extension of time to conduct the required testing of the female-shaped ballistic panels is unreasonable.
Further information may be obtained from the Registry, 613‑993‑3595 (telephone), citt-tcce@tribunal.gc.ca (email).
Ottawa, May 16, 2024
CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRIBUNAL
INQUIRY
Marine fuel
The Canadian International Trade Tribunal has received a complaint (File PR-2024-007) from Nation Clean Energy Inc. (NCE) of West Vancouver, British Columbia, concerning a procurement (Solicitation WS4474604832) made by the Department of Public Works and Government Services on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard. The solicitation was for the supply and delivery of up to 950 000 litres of finished, blended marine fuel to Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. Pursuant to subsection 30.13(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Act and subsection 7(2) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Procurement Inquiry Regulations, notice is given that the Tribunal made a decision on May 17, 2024, to conduct an inquiry into one of the grounds of the complaint.
NCE alleges that it was placed at a competitive disadvantage during the retendering process and evaluation procedures of the reissued solicitation.
Further information may be obtained from the Registry, 613‑993‑3595 (telephone), citt-tcce@tribunal.gc.ca (email).
Ottawa, May 17, 2024
CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
NOTICE TO INTERESTED PARTIES
The Commission posts on its website original, detailed decisions, notices of consultation, regulatory policies, information bulletins and orders as they come into force. In accordance with Part 1 of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure, these documents may be examined at the Commission’s office, as can be documents relating to a proceeding, including the notices and applications, which are posted on the Commission’s website, under “Public proceedings & hearings.”
The following documents are abridged versions of the Commission’s original documents.
CANADIAN RADIO-TELEVISION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
| Applicant’s name | Undertaking | City | Province | Date of decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | CBYC-FM and CBTK-FM | Canal Flats and Kelowna | British Columbia | May 17, 2024 |
| Notice number | Publication date of the notice | City | Province | Deadline for filing of interventions, comments or replies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-111 table 2 note a | May 23, 2024 | n.a. | n.a. | June 24, 2024 |
Table 2 note(s)
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Proposed Cost Recovery Regulations Cost Recovery Regulations
Interpretation
Definition of Act
1 In these Regulations, Act means the Online News Act.
News revenue
2 The news revenue of an operator for a calendar year is the gross Canadian revenue that the operator generates, directly or indirectly, from making news content available through any digital news intermediary that it operates in that year, excluding any amount received from another operator to which these Regulations apply, established on the basis of
- (a) the annual return filed by the operator; or
- (b) if the operator has not filed an annual return for the year or the return is inaccurate, an estimate by the Commission based on
- (i) information provided by the operator,
- (ii) the trends of the market in which the digital news intermediary is operated,
- (iii) the previous financial performance of the operator, and
- (iv) the business plan of the operator.
Annual return
April 30
3 On or before April 30 of each year, an operator must file with the Commission a return with respect to the preceding calendar year that is in the form provided by the Commission and contains the information required by the Commission, including information respecting the operator’s news revenue with respect to each digital news intermediary that it operated.
Cost Recovery Charge
Calculation of charge
4 (1) The cost recovery charge for an operator for a fiscal year is the sum of the base assessment amount determined in accordance with subsection (2) and the annual adjustment amount for the previous fiscal year determined in accordance with subsection (3).
Base assessment amount
(2) The base assessment amount is the result of the following formula
- (A ÷ B) x C
- where
- A
- is the operator’s news revenue for the immediately preceding calendar year;
- B
- is the aggregate news revenue of all operators for that calendar year; and
- C
- is the estimated costs incurred by the Commission in the fiscal year that are attributable to the Commission exercising its powers and carrying out its duties and functions under the Act and that will not be recovered under the regulations made under subsection 79(1) of the Act.
Annual adjustment
(3) The annual adjustment amount is the result of the following formula
- (A ÷ B) x (D – E)
- where
- A
- is the operator’s news revenue for the immediately preceding calendar year;
- B
- is the aggregate news revenue of all operators for that calendar year;
- D
- is the actual costs incurred by the Commission in the fiscal year that are attributable to the Commission exercising its powers and carrying out its duties and functions under the Act as set out in Part III of the Estimates of the Government of Canada and that are not recovered under the regulations made under subsection 79(1) of the Act; and
- E
- is the amount determined for C in subsection (2) for the fiscal year.
Recovery charge negative
(4) If the amount of the recovery charge for the fiscal year is negative, that amount is not repaid to the operator but is instead deducted from the amount of the recovery charge that the operator is to pay for the following fiscal year.
Publication – estimated costs
5 The Commission must, in each fiscal year, publish a notice in the Canada Gazette, Part I, setting out the estimated costs to be incurred by the Commission in that fiscal year that are attributable to the Commission exercising its powers and carrying out its duties and functions under the Act.
Payment within 30 days
6 An operator must pay a cost recovery charge to the Commission within 30 days after the day on which the invoice respecting that charge was sent.
Transitional provision
News revenue for 2024
7 An operator must report its news revenue for 2024 to the Commission, in the form required by the Commission, within 60 days after the day on which these Regulations come into force.
Coming into force
April 1, 2025
8 These Regulations come into force on April 1, 2025, but, if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.