ASL – What you need to know to participate (3 of 3)
Video is also available in Langue des signes québecoise (LSQ).
Video Transcript
What you need to know to participate
All interested persons are invited to participate in this proceeding. The deadline for the receipt of comments is 9 September 2025. The deadline for the receipt of replies is 9 October 2025. Only parties that file comments may file a reply to matters raised during the comment phase.
The Commission invites individuals who are Deaf or hard of hearing and their representatives to present their comments on the issues under consideration in ASL and LSQ in video format if they so choose. Parties filing video comments must provide a working link to their video in the Intervention form. Because these videos will inform the Commission’s decision-making, they must be publicly accessible. For instance, a link that requires another party to request access to the video would not meet this standard.
The Commission will transcribe the ASL and LSQ interventions filed for this proceeding, and the transcripts will be posted on the Commission’s website to facilitate the reply comments process for all interveners.
Interested persons who wish to request accommodations to facilitate their participation or who require assistance submitting comments can contact the Commission’s Hearings and Public Proceedings group at hearing@crtc.gc.ca for individualized assistance.
For simplicity and ease of access, all costs applications in this proceeding will use the telecommunications costs process. To understand how to apply for costs after the proceeding, please visit the Commission’s “How to claim telecommunications proceeding expenses” page.
Parties can also file an application for interim costs to obtain funding up front. In this proceeding, the Commission will not require that applicants show that they have insufficient financial resources to participate effectively in the proceeding without these costs. If you receive interim costs, you will need to apply for final costs at the end of the proceeding. This means you will have to provide receipts and account for your time to demonstrate that your group spent the money responsibly.
If you wish to apply for interim costs, you must submit your costs application by 11 June 2025. Anyone, including costs respondents, can respond to an interim costs application by 22 June 2025. Costs applicants can reply to those responses by 2 July 2025.
This consultation will explore new ways to fund the participation of groups that represent the public interest in CRTC proceedings to help ensure a diverse range of perspectives are reflected in its public records.
This video in sign language shows how to participate in and the special rules adopted for the Notice of Consultation – A new approach to funding public interest participation in Commission proceedings.
Notice of Consultation CRTC 2025-94
Consultation on improving public interest participation
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