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Bill C-300

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1nd Session, 35th Parliament,
42-43-44 Elizabeth II, 1994-95

The House of Commons of Canada

BILL C-300

An Act to amend the Broadcasting Act (broadcasting policy)

1991, c. 11; 1993, c. 38; 1994, cc. 18, 26

      Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. Paragraph 3(1)(t) of the Broadcasting Act is amended by adding the following after subparagraph (ii):

      (ii.1) should not demand or receive payment for the provision or sale of a new programming service without the express prior consent of the purchaser or potential purchaser of the service, and

      (ii.2) should not use a marketing technique to promote a new programming service in which payment is demanded or received from a person to whom they are providing or have promised to provide a programming service where the person has not consented to purchase the new service,