Call for comments – Development of a regulatory policy for closed captioning provided by online streaming undertakings After encouragement from industry consumer groups, DWCC stepped up to participate fully in its first CRTC Broadcasting proceeding (BNC) CRTC 2024-137: EN –…
The CDBC.VRS is a partnership between the Canadian National Society of the Deaf-Blind (CNSDB) and the Deaf-Blind Planning Committee (DBPC). The CDBC.VRS submitted its own interventions providing a Deaf-Blind perspective on Video Relay Services in Canada. Remarque : Les documents soumis…
March 11, 2021 – CRTC launched and opened its investigation reviewing SRV Canada VRS EN – TNC CRTC 2021-102: Review of Video Relay ServiceFR – ACT CRTC 2021-102: Examen du service de relais vidéo Remarque : Les documents soumis au CRTC ACT…
03 June 2021 CRTC launched and opened its investigation to get the public to comment about a three-digit abbreviated dialling code for mental health crisis and suicide prevention services The proceeding links: EN – TNC CRTC 2021-191 FR – TNC…
18 February 2021 The CRTC opened a call for Comments on what the CRTC Accessibility Reporting Guidelines should look like. This was published as CRTC 2021-69, “Call for comments – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Accessibility Reporting Regulations” as…
04 Sept 2020 The DWCC was in a proceeding TNC 2016-116 in relation to Next Generation 9-1-1, where deadlines were established for the rollout of next-generation 9-1-1 services, including the accessible Real-time text (RTT) 9-1-1. CRTC opened a proceeding to…
19 August 2020, last update: Updated: 27 August 2021 Remarque : Les documents soumis au CRTC ACT 2020-178 sont soumis en anglais seulement.Note: Documents submitted to CRTC TNC 2020-178 are submitted in English only. DWCC et al. submitted a total…
Anglais seulement/English only DWCC collaborated to participate in a proceeding on the Internet Code with:Canadian Association of the Deaf – Association des Sourds du Canada (CAD-ASC)Canadian National Society of the Deaf-Blind (CNSDB)Deafness Advocacy Association Nova Scotia (DAANS Call for comments…
April 8, 2019 The federal government Ministry of Industry released a draft of the new 2019 Policy Direction to the CRTC. It was a senior policy analyst from the Ministry who reached out to two members of DWCC to let…
(French follows — Le français suit) New Survey! Four Languages & Deaf-Blind Accessible DO YOU HAVE ANY ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS AS DDBHH CUSTOMERS WITH INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER COMPANIES? DO YOU HAVE EXPENSIVE BILL SHOCK ON YOUR INTERNET CONTRACT AND BILL? DO…
