Broadcasting - Staff Letter Letter addressed to Bev Kirshenblatt (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)

Gatineau, 26 February 2026

Reference: 2026-0044-4

BY EMAIL

Bev Kirshenblatt
Executive Director, Corporate and Regulatory Affairs
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
181 Queen Street
Ottawa, Ontario,  K1P 1P9
affaires.reglementaires@radio-canada.ca

Subject: Procedural request by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) regarding the application by the Alliance des producteurs francophones du Canada (APFC) - 2026-0044-4

I am writing to you with respect to the procedural request filed by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), dated 20 February 2026, regarding the above-mentioned Part 1. The Commission will consider this request, and a decision will be issued and added to the public record in due course.  

In the meantime, the deadlines currently established for this proceeding remain unchanged:

• 17 March 2026: Deadline for filing an intervention; 
• 7 April 2026:  Deadline for filing an intervention by groups representing the interests of one or more official language minority communities (OLMCs). Please see Staff letter dated 13 February 2026 in which a 20-day extension was granted for OLMC groups for more details; and
• 17 April 2026: Deadline for filing the applicant’s (APFC) reply.

However, the deadlines for filing interventions may be adjusted at a later date, if necessary.  

For any questions, please contact Sophie Morasse-Gagnon, Senior Analyst, French-language Audiovisual Programming: Sophie.Gagnon-Morasse@crtc.gc.ca

Sincerely,

Original signed by

Michael Craig
Director, Audiovisual Programming & Distribution
CRTC

CC: capilon@apfc.info

Date modified:

2026-02-26