Petition of the National Pensioners Federation and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (“NPF-PIAC”)

NPF-PIAC therefore respectfully request that the Governor in Council issue an Order pursuant to Section 28 of the Broadcasting Act, setting aside the decision or referring it back to the CRTC for reconsideration and hearing with material details of our requested conditions and emphasizing the importance of affordability of TV service, as the decision, as issued, derogates from the attainment of th. [...] NPF-PIAC specifically request that the Governor in Council issue an Order pursuant to Section 28 of the Broadcasting Act, setting aside the decision or referring it back to the CRTC for reconsideration and hearing and set out the details, for consideration, as material to the reconsideration, of our proposed consumer protection conditions and our concerns as to the importance of consumer affordabi. [...] The Commission had evidence from NPF-PIAC on the record of the proceeding as to the likely increase in the cost of TV service to all Shaw customers as a result of this change of service (estimated at an additional $50 per month additional per “cable” or “satellite” Shaw TV subscriber) and an estimate of the number of affected Shaw customers (likely, approximately 450,000 ‘cable TV’ and approximate. [...] The Rogers-Shaw decision on the ‘benefit’ of the transaction to customers is contrary to the evidence of permanent and major increased pricing for essentially the same service, derogates from the broadcasting distribution (TV) affordability policy goal in subs. [...] Should the Governor in Council, given the statutory or other context, simply opt to refer the Rogers-Shaw decision back to the Commission for reconsideration and hearing rather than to set it aside, we respectfully request that Cabinet in its order set out the details, for consideration, as material to the reconsideration, of our proposed consumer protection conditions and our concerns as to the i.