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SECTION II: Analysis of Program Activities by Strategic Outcome

Detailed analysis of Program Activity

The CRTC’s Program Activity Architecture (PAA), as approved by Treasury Board, is comprised of the following:

Stragetic Outcome, Broadcasting and Telecommunications industries that contribute to Canada's cultural, economic and social prosperity. Program Activity: Regulation and Supervision of the Canadian Broadcasting Industry. Program Activity Regulation and Monitoring of the Canadian Telecommunications Industry.

Strategic outcome:

Broadcasting and Telecommunications industries that contribute to Canada’s cultural, economic and social prosperity.

Program Activity Name:

Regulation and supervision of the Canadian broadcasting industry

Financial Resources:

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
$23.4 million $23.5 million $23.5 million

Human Resources:

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
223 223 223

The Broadcasting sector provides the Commission with advice and recommendations in support of its mandate to supervise and regulate all aspects of the Canadian broadcasting system in order to implement the broadcasting policy set out in the Broadcasting Act.

To meet its objectives, the Commission must encourage the promotion of Canadian creativity, the reflection of Canadian society, and ensure that Canadian programming is prominently displayed in an increasingly globalized world.

To achieve the desired outcomes, the CRTC plans to:

  • increase the production and viewing of Canadian drama;
  • ensure diversity of services to reinforce the Canadian broadcasting system;
  • increase the presence, participation, and portrayal of and access to persons with disabilities and improve representation of our ethnocultural and Aboriginal societies;
  • ensure licensee compliance with regulations and conditions of licence.

The CRTC will measure its success in achieving the objectives of the Broadcasting Act using indicators such as: the number of scheduled hours of Canadian programming; the viewership for Canadian programs; the amount invested in Canadian talent development; the availability of ethnocultural and Aboriginal programming; and the availability of programming in the official language of the minority.

Program Activity Name:

Regulation and monitoring of the Canadian telecommunications industry

Financial Resources:

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
$22.2 million $22.2 million $22.2 million

Human Resources:

2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009
210 210 210

The Telecommunications sector develops advice and recommendations to the Commission to ensure the implementation of Canadian telecommunications objectives set out in the Telecommunications Act..

The rapid and continued evolution of the telecommunications industry, and the introduction of new services, provides businesses and consumers better and faster ways to communicate. The new services and changes in technology also raise complex issues.

The CRTC will continue to address these issues to take advantage of the innovative technologies that will better serve the telecommunications industries as well as the Canadian public.

To continue to ensure access to a wide variety of communications services for all Canadians, the CRTC plans to:

  • foster increased reliance on market forces for the provision of telecommunications services;
  • ensure that regulation, where required, is efficient and effective; and
  • promote access by all consumers in all regions of the country to reliable and affordable telecommunications services.

The CRTC will continue to monitor the evolution of new technologies in the telecommunications industry and the impact of regulation and deregulation. It will measure progress in ensuring that Canadians have better access to innovative, high-quality and affordable communications services, using national and international indicators such as: analysis of competition (profile of competitors, emergence of alternative service providers); national trends in market share in regulated and unregulated markets; and selected financial (revenue, profits) and economic indicators of industry.