"(a) "electronic communications network" means transmission systems and, where applicable, switching or routing equipment and other resources, including network elements which are not active, which permit the conveyance of signals by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic means, including satellite networks, fixed (circuit- and packet-switched, including Internet) and mobile terrestrial networks, electricity cable systems, to the extent that they are used for the purpose of transmitting signals, networks used for radio and television broadcasting, and cable television networks, irrespective of the type of information conveyed; ";

2. In order to enable network users to take timely corrective action, transmission system operators shall provide sufficient, well-timed and reliable on-line based information on the balancing status of network users.

Instead of the possibility of exempting a waterway network which is not linked to the network of another Member State (isolated network) from the application of the Directive (Art. 2(2)), the scope should from the outset extend only to waterways of class IV and above which are linked by a similar waterway to a waterway of class IV or above of another Member State.

We urge this House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance to recommend that the upcoming federal budget (1) commit sufficient funds to develop a publicly funded pan-Canadian child care system for children from birth to 12 years that is fully inclusive and meets the needs of every child regardless of their family's income and employment status, where they live, their ability or culture; (2) provide leadership in developing a federal-provincial-territorial social policy framework with licensed and regulated child care as the cornerstone of Canada's family-friendly policies; (3) regulate provincial and territorial governments receiving ...[+++]designated federal funds to spend them directly on improving and increasing access to affordable, quality, regulated, not-for-profit, universal, and inclusive child care; (4) require all provincial and territorial governments receiving federal funds designated for child care to maintain or increase their spending on child care and use the federal funds to supplement, not replace, provincial and territorial child care funding; and (5) establish mechanisms to ensure monitoring and compliance with the terms of the federal-provincial-territorial agreements, develop obligations for public reporting that will ensure clear data detailing the improvements and the progress, and develop effective processes for dispute resolution.

The system is applicable to all forms of transportation in its ideal usages, trains, trucks, ships and aircraft.

The CRTC's decision forces the large- and medium-sized cable companies as well as the direct-to-home satellite broadcasting and multipoint distribution systems to carry TVA.