BCE Inc.'s massive radio sell-off includes 5 radio stations in Maritimes
Local buyer MBS Radio says listeners won't notice any changes in coming months
As part of restructuring announced this week, the parent company of Bell Canada is selling off 45 of its 103 radio stations, including five in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.
Bell is selling all five stations to Halifax-based Maritime Broadcasting Systems, which already owns 24 stations across the Maritimes.
Subject to CRTC approval, MBS Radio will buy CIKX in Grand Falls, CJCJ in Woodstock, CKBC in Bathurst, and CKTO and CKTY, both in Truro.
As part of the cuts announced on Thursday, Bell said it will also cut 4,800 jobs "at all levels of the company."
This round of job cuts is the company's largest in nearly 30 years, and follows the elimination of 1,300 positions last June.
The company said restructuring is expected to save approximately $150 million to $200 million in 2024 and $250 million on an annual basis.
What happens to sold stations?
The Maritime stations' listeners won't notice a difference in the coming months, said David Pace, chief operating officer of Maritime Broadcasting Systems.
That's mostly because the sales are still subject to the approval of the CRTC, the regulatory body.
Once the sale is finalized, however, Bell branding will disappear from the stations, said Pace, meaning the "Bounce 104" tag in Bathurst, for example, can't be used by MBS Radio.
So it's likely the branding will revert back to what it was before Bell Media bought the stations, he said. But ultimately, MBS will "rebrand the stations as ours."
"We're not making any decisions now," said Pace. "We're just excited about the opportunity. We're hopeful that the CRTC will approve these and we can get to work."
Intent not to close
Pace said MBS certainly isn't buying the stations to close them. He said the plan is to improve them and make them even more local than they were under Ontario-based ownership.
MBS, said Pace, is a family-owned, Halifax-based company that focuses on local stations.
"We had a strategy a long time ago that if you want to operate local radio stations, you have to stay close to those local radio stations. … So from a strategic perspective, we always said that we were never going to go over to Newfoundland, we were never gonna go to Quebec or Ontario."
Robert Malcolmson, Bell's chief legal and regulatory officer, said the company sold the stations that weren't viable.
Pace heard that description but "we look at this as a great opportunity," he said.
"The way that they managed was from afar, where we manage close."
David
Pace, the chief operating officer of Maritime Broadcasting Systems,
says the company is buying the five stations Bell Canada wants to shed
in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. (Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation)
Pace said he also doesn't foresee any immediate changes to local news.
"We have the Maritime News Network, it's based out of Halifax. We've got reporters around the Maritimes, and we'll have to dive into how these stations are operating. Where are they getting their news from now? Do we have to hire more reporters? These are all decisions to come."
He said MBS plans to make "significant investments" in the stations.
"I don't foresee any major changes other than the brands of these radio stations. I can foresee more salespeople, more on-air people. Again, how we operate across the Maritimes is vastly different than how Bell manages right now."
Local ownership might be good news
Closer-to-home ownership doesn't automatically mean good news for the three stations, but it could, said Prof. Jamie Gillies of the journalism and communications department at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.
"If it's closer to home and they're willing to put in resources, I think that's a step in the right direction," said Gillies, noting Bell has been on a "selling spree" in a lot of smaller regional markets.
He said Bell and other companies have been in print, radio, television, digital markets "and sometimes the one-size-fits-all conglomerate doesn't work for different formats."
While he's hopeful the sale "revitalizes maybe some of those stations or at least gives them some life support for a while, there's larger issues besides Bell ownership impacting the radio industry."
He said radio is having a tough time right now.
"Programming has shifted dramatically from what it was in its heyday. There's not as many people listening — apart from morning commutes and offices, and in the Maritimes that tends not to be all that long."
Add to that, Gillie said, the competition from satellite radio and streaming services, and local radio has a lot to contend with now.
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Robert Malcolmson, Bell's chief legal and regulatory officer, said the company sold the stations that weren't viable.
Pace heard that description but "we look at this as a great opportunity," he said.
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----- Original Message -----
From: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; W-Five@ctv.ca
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: I am curious
Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is
no need to send us a hard copy. As you have said yourself, the
documentation is very voluminous and after 3 days, we are still in the
process of printing it. I have asked one of my lawyers to review it
in my absence and report back to me upon my return in the office. We
will then provide you with a reply.
Martine Turcotte
Chief Legal Officer / Chef principal du service juridique
BCE Inc. / Bell Canada
1000 de La Gauchetière ouest, bureau 3700
Montréal (Qc) H3B 4Y7
Tel: (514) 870-4637
Fax: (514) 870-4877
email: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
Executive Assistant / Assistante à la haute direction: Diane Valade
Tel: (514) 870-4638
email: diane.valade@bell.ca
A copy of this letter and all related correspondence will be added to
the public record of the proceeding.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me
at (613) 697-4027 or megan.maloney@crtc.gc.ca.
In the meantime, the Commission is currently continuing its review of
this costs application.
Yours Sincerely,
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Megan Maloney
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Subject: possble story
I am a Canadian Citizen who thus far, as a plaintiff, has two Lawsuits
in the US District Court of Massachucetts they are numbered 02-11686-
RGS and 02-11687-RGS. They were removed to that Court from the Norfolk
Superior Court by the US Attorney Michael J. Sullivan very improperly.
However they shall remain there because of my status as a Canandian
Citizen. Judge Sterns has not even held a Conference about the matters
because he likely does not want to hear the matter.
I have presented all Members of the Bar with their worst fear of a
catch 22 problem. According to law he is late. I have complained of 47
defendants 34 of whom are State Defendants( the Attorney General, The
Commission of Judicial Conduct Board of Bar Overseers etc) and 3 are
Federal Treasury Agents. Some of the defendants are over two months
late in their answer to the Summons. The smallest suit amounts to 188
million dollars in the form of relief.
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Jackie Barrett
With Bell Canada Enterprises and Bell Media dramatically cutting local news on CTV and CTV 2, including the noon hour news casts, and also the weekend 6:00 PM and 11:00 PM news, the media giant are not only taking away news quality and forcing Canadians to get poor quality "fake news", they are also attacking democracy.
Keep in mind that without news, we don't have a democracy.
To make matters worse, Bell Canada Enterprises and Bell Media even have a nerve to get rid of high quality investigative news shows like W5, and transform it into a multi platform investigative reporting
unit on CTV National News, the CTV News website, and other CTV platforms.
In light of Bell Canada Enterprises cutting local and national news, perhaps now is the time for the Trudeau Government to take action against this company, including a possibility of stripping the company of its broadcasting license or even ordering them to spin off its CTV brand as an independent company like Bell Globe Media did in 2005 with CTV Globe Media and be banned from owning it.
Besides, if Bell Canada Enterprises has the money to reward their rich friends like shareholders, they have the money to maintain news coverage and protect democracy.
I don't know about you, but I won't want to watch Seinfeld at 12:00 PM on weekdays.
David Amos
Reply to Jackie Barrett
In a nutshell nobody cares IMHO far too many folks rely on their smartphone apps to feed them the news they want to read that suits their point of view
Lou Bell
It would be really nice if Bell would hire a few more service representatives to the two they already have !
David Amos
Reply to Lou Bell
I like my service representatives for my phone and internet Both are not Bell
Wilbur Ross
Break up Bell.✊
Jackie Barrett
Reply to Wilbur Ross
That's exactly what the Trudeau Government needs to do.
First step is to order Bell Canada Enterprises and Bell Media to spin off all CTV related programming, including CTV News Channel, CTV, and CTV-2, into an independent company, and be banned from ever taking over that company again.
Keep in mind that in 2007, Bell Globe Media spun off its CTV related programming and its became CTV Globe Media.
Bell Canada Enterprises re-bought CTV Globe Media in 2011 and became BellMedia.
If BellMedia spins off its CTV division again, they should have a lifetime ban from ever reowning them agian.
David Amos
Reply to Jackie Barrett
Dream on
My sister worked for the NBTel ... great Union jobs too.
Eugene Peabody
Bell is such a good corporate citizen, they cut thousands of jobs to save 250 million dollars a year so they can double their stock dividends . They really care about workers and providing a service people want. LOL. They are going down the same path as Boeing .
Mathieu Laperriere
Reply to Eugene Peabody
Biggest stock holders: Ontario teachers pension plan. Highest paid teachers in the country have an expensive lifestyle to upkeep when they retire. Every penny counts. 🤔
Jackie Barrett
Reply to Eugene Peabody
Bell is a terrible corporate citizen as cutting news programming shows that they are against democracy and local news.
Besides, focusing on Southern Ontario and Southern Quebec shows that BellMedia is biased against the rest of Canada, even in other major provinces like British Columbia, Alberta, and Nova Scotia.
This decision even has an impact on Newfoundland and Labrador's own provincial broadcaster, NTV, as they some of their news from CTV.
David Amos
Reply to Mathieu Laperriere
Amen
John Pokiok
Federal government policies are driving business out of Canada. What a disaster in 8 years they have completely demolished this country.
David Amos
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The fat lady ain't sung yet
David Amos
Reply to John Pokiok
Not quite
Everything in Canada seems to be falling apart as Canadians struggle to keep their heads about water after EIGHT years of damaging FEDERAL govt. policies . ......the next Federal Election can't come soon enough .
David Amos
Reply to Matt Steele
Why did you laugh at me when I ran 7 times? IMHO we get the governments we deserve and said so during my last debate in Fundy Royal in 2019
Jackie Barrett
Reply to Matt Steele
The Conservatives under Stephen Harper created this media concentration problem as a result of allowing Bell Canada Enterprises and Rogers to buy radio, television, and news networks.
David Amos
Reply to Jackie Barrett
It began before Harper was the PM
Reply to David Amos
However, in 2006 or 2007, Bell Canada Enterprises spun off Bell Globe Media and became an independent company as CTV Globe Media.
Due to Stephen Harper and CRTC's lack of due diligence, Bell Canada Enterprises repurchased CTV programs and became part of BellMedia.
To reverse the damage that Bell Canada Enterprises has done, the Trudeau Government needs to order them to spin off all CTV television, radio, and news networks into an independent company with the media giant given a lifetime ban from ever owning the company again.
David Guitard
Is there anyone who listens to radio nowdays?
David Amos
Reply to David Guitard
I listen to CBC almost all day long
pathetic and trudeau just gave them 40 million
David Amos
Reply to Mario Doucet
Go figure why CTV said Fundy Royal was the riding to watch in election of the 38th Parliament in 2004
Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs
Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28 elections over 101 years
Candidates running in Fundy Royal are appealing to the middle class in the typically Tory-dominant riding, with a focus on jobs and the economy.
The Conservatives have strong roots in the southern New Brunswick riding — this area has given its support to the Conservatives in every election for the past century, save for 1993, when Liberal Paul Zed won office.
In 2011, Conservative incumbent Rob Moore captured nearly 60 per cent of the vote.
Moore said he hopes the party's record, with its focus on the economy and direct benefits to people, will earn him another term in office.
- AUDIO: Green candidate: Stephanie Coburn
- AUDIO: Liberal candidate Alaina Lockhart
- AUDIO: NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie
- AUDIO: Conservative candidate Rob Moore
The Tory incumbent pointed to programs, such as the Universal Childcare Benefit, as well as family income splitting and pension income splitting, that has left more money in the pockets of Canadians.
But, he said, he has also delivered on bringing federal cash to his ridinng.
Moore says the biggest question he's heard at the door is how the next government will move the regions's economy forward.
He says the answer lies in TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Energy East pipeline.
"The [Irving Oil] refinery is employing many people in our region, there's a lot of spinoff benefits, and if we can bring that resource from Alberta to New Brunswick to be refined and sold from our port, that is a great economic opportunity," said Moore.
Liberals focus on seniors, middle class
Liberal
Leader Justin Trudeau campaigned in Sussex earlier in the campaign. The
Liberals are hoping to knock off the Tories for only the second time in
a century. (Courtesy Alaina Lockhart/Facebook)Liberal candidate Alaina Lockhart said she is trying to appeal her campaign to the middle class.
"That's the majority of Fundy Royal," said Lockhart, who has owned Lockhart's Weddings and Special Occasions Inc. since 2004.
"People working everyday to make ends meet and the fact that we have a national campaign focused on strengthening the middle class to put more money in their pockets to then stimulate the economy, I'm encouraged by that," she said.
Lockhart says her party's focus on seniors through initiatives like affordable housing, strengthening the Canada Pension Plan and guaranteed income supplement would benefit the region.
"They worked hard their whole lives and we need to make sure they have secure retirements," she said.
Hopeful for change
NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie says she's sensing an eagerness for change in the large riding.
McKenzie, an electrical engineer living in St. Martins, threw her name in after becoming "discouraged and disillusioned by the current government."
People want our youthback, we want to have reasons to stay here.
- NDP candidate Jennifer McKenzie
The region has lost a lot of its youth because of the Harper government's lack of focus on the economy, she said.
" be part of the economy and have jobs," she asid.
"The current government's focus on the prairie provinces in the oil and gas industry left New Brunswick and the Atlantic provinces neglected, and we actually had a three year recession here."
McKenzie says the NDP's focus on small business would better serve the area's economy.
"Our agricultural industry should be flourishing, we have to make sure we protect the family farm, there's fishing, forestry, I'm proud of our tourism initiatives, so much is a good fit to the NDP," she said.
Lost youth
The
proposed Energy East pipeline could add new jobs to the communities
inside Fundy Royal, according to Conservative MP Rob Moore. (Dan Riedlhuber/Reuters)Stephanie Coburn, the Green Party candidate for Fundy Royal, says the promise of 14,000 direct and indirect full-time jobs across Canada is "hugely exaggerated."
"The pipeline is a bad idea for people locally and we heard about the pipeline spills in northern Alberta and Michigan, and that ... oil they hope to bring in through the pipeline is impossible to cleanup," Coburn said.
"It's a bad idea nationally because it's all going to be exported … And it's going to contribute so much to the greenhouse gases we're trying to avoid to the globe, and exacerbate global warming terribly."
Coburn says she has heard encouragement for her party at the door, a big turnaround from when she first stepped into the political arena in 2010.
"Now I feel I'm finally not talking into the wind as I have been a long time about environmental issues," said Coburn.
"People are aware of the environmental problems we experience, and we're going to experience if we don't make some changes. That's a positive change from when I first ran."
Fundy Royal contains parts of the counties of Albert, Kings, Queens, Saint John and Westmorland and includes St. Martins, Salisbury, Sussex and Petitcodiac, as well as part of Quispamsis.
David Amos
Moore held the riding from 2004 until 2015 when he was defeated by Lockhart as part of the red wave that swept over Atlantic Canada that election.
Moore told Global News that he welcomed the chance to once again represent the people of the riding.
“I’m honoured to have been given a mandate of representing the people of Fundy Royal,” he said. “It’s not something I take lightly and I’m looking forward to it.”
Moore said he felt that the policies of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government did not sit well with the residents of the rural New Brunswick riding.
“Issues like the carbon tax have not gone over well here,” he said. “Affordability is a big issue and our platform and our record addressed that concern.”
With the exception of Lockhart’s win, the riding has long been considered a reliable Conservative district for the past 100 years.
Only Liberal Paul Zed’s win in 1993 interrupted the Tories’ dominance in the riding.
New Brunswick premier Blaine Higgs was on-hand to congratulate Moore’s win and said he was overjoyed to see Fundy Royal return to a Conservative riding.
“If you go back in history, you see this riding was pretty traditional as a PC riding, so I think it’s coming back to its roots and Rob was certainly a representative that’s worthy of support, and only got stalled last time around because of that wave coming through,” said Higgs."
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"I never worried about being found guilty or any of that for any of these charges because I know the truth, and I know the facts are going to come out at some point, and today was a good sign of that," Randy Quaid said
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/randy-quaid-court-appearance-1.3262238
"Quaid and his wife Evi, a Canadian citizen, have been living in Montreal since February 2013."
"Robert Gervais, an official with the Immigration and Refugee Board, confirmed in an email to CBC News that a detention review hearing for Quaid is scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
But the reason for the actor's arrest is unclear.
Quaid, 64, was detained Tuesday morning after attending a regular check-in with CBSA officials in downtown Montreal.
Quaid's lawyer, Mark Gruszczynski, declined to shed light on the affair or to reveal the reason for Quaid's arrest."
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Do ya think the lawyer Rob Moore "The True Conservative" or any of the others would dare to debate me in writing with their true name within a website funded by the taxpayer and controlled by questionable public servants? How about outside the CROWN"s domain within the Yankee website called Twitter? That is where I play very serious Political Hard Ball. See for yourself or ask Rob Moore's hero Stevey Boy Harper if I am a liar or not.
David Amos
In return here is an old scoop about CTV that CBC and everybody else and his dog has been ignoring for 11 very long years after I ran in the election of the 38th Parliament against the aptly named lawyer Rob Moore.
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/08/re-bce-and-jean-pierre-blais-of-crtc.html
----- Original Message -----
From: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; W-Five@ctv.ca
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: I am curious
Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is
no need to send us a hard copy. As you have said yourself, the
documentation is very voluminous and after 3 days, we are still in the
process of printing it. I have asked one of my lawyers to review it
in my absence and report back to me upon my return in the office. We
will then provide you with a reply.
Martine Turcotte
Chief Legal Officer / Chef principal du service juridique
BCE Inc. / Bell Canada
1000 de La Gauchetière ouest, bureau 3700
Montréal (Qc) H3B 4Y7
Tel: (514) 870-4637
Fax: (514) 870-4877
email: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
Executive Assistant / Assistante à la haute direction: Diane Valade
Tel: (514) 870-4638
email: diane.valade@bell.ca
CBC writes lots about people who BS a lot then don't bother to put their name on a ballot. Yet I have done so FIVE times and they have never said a peep other than bar me from the airwaves and try to have their pals in the other CROWN Corp known as the RCMP arrest me. Page 14 of this old pdf file of mine is the reason why.
http://www.checktheevidence.com/pdf/2526023-DAMOSIntegrity-yea-right.-txt.pdf
http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=13004&EV=41&QID=-1&PAGEID=17
and everybody knows it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSEhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/factscan-plans-to-test-political-claims-during-election-1.2951761
Tall tale-telling politicos, take heed: You could soon find your claims put through the truth grinder by the folks at FactsCan, a newly launched website that aims to provide an independent, non-partisan fact-checking service during the upcoming federal election.
■FactsCan website
According to co-founder Dana Wagner, who also works as a researcher at Ryerson University in Toronto, the team behind the site wants to help voters "separate out the truth from spin, distortion, omission, error and lies."
"Our goal is to enable Canadians to critically engage in political-speak, and to encourage politicians to be honest and accurate with their words," she told CBC News via email.
Unlike many countries, she noted, Canada does not have a major fact-checking outlet — and FactsCan is hoping to change that before the next election.
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Methinks Trudeau the Younger, the RCMP and CBC are well aware of why Katie Telford's buddy Jesse Moeinifar CEO of Viafoura and his evil moderators should be sued BIGTIME N'esy Pas?
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From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" <fin.minfinance-financemin.
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 06:35:56 +0000
Subject: RE: The snobby French lawyer Mirko Bibic is back in the CBC
News today N'esy Pas Mr Minister of Industry?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
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comments.
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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2021 02:35:40 -0400
Subject: Re: The snobby French lawyer Mirko Bibic is back in the CBC
News today N'esy Pas Mr Minister of Industry?
To: mirko.bibic@bell.ca, ISI.minister-ministre.ISI@
<editor@frankmagazine.ca>, hon.steven.guilbeault@canada.
steven.guilbeault@canada.ca, Ellen.Desmond@crtc.gc.ca,
Melanie.Joly@parl.gc.ca, martine.turcotte@bell.ca,
sylvie.gadoury@radio-canada.ca, pm@pm.gc.ca,
barbara.massey@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Brenda.Lucki@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
washington.field@ic.fbi.gov, Frank.McKenna@td.com,
prmibullrun@gmail.com, Catherine.Tait@cbc.ca, Chuck.Thompson@cbc.ca,
JUSTWEB@novascotia.ca, Charles.Murray@gnb.ca, traversy.n@gmail.com,
"Kevin.leahy" <Kevin.leahy@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, kevin.leahy@pps-spp.gc.ca,
sturgeon.nathalie@
PREMIER@novascotia.ca, fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@
steve.murphy@ctv.ca, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>,
"Ross.Wetmore" <Ross.Wetmore@gnb.ca>, "rob.moore"
<rob.moore@parl.gc.ca>, "erin.otoole" <erin.otoole@parl.gc.ca>,
"blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
On 2/25/21, David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
>
> Bell CEO's broadband-connected cottage in Lac-Sainte-Marie, Que.,
> fuels bandwidth envy
>
> Mirko Bibic played no role in planning taxpayer-funded hookup of
> lakeside properties, company says
> Daniel Leblanc, Laurence Martin · CBC News · Posted: Feb 24, 2021 11:41 AM
> ET
>
>
>
> Deja Vu Anyone???
>
> https://www.cbc.ca/news/
>
>
> Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs
>
> Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28
> elections over 101 years
> CBC News · Posted: Oct 17, 2015 6:00 AM AT
>
> 56 Comments
>
> David Amos
> I must Say I am rather impressed at CBC's sudden fit of Integrity to
> allow my posts to stand the test of time for a few hours at least. (:
> Rest assured that I have been saving digital snapshots just in case
> they delete and block me as usual :)
>
> In return here is an old scoop about CTV that CBC and everybody else
> and his dog has been ignoring for 11 very long years after I ran in
> the election of the 38th Parliament against the aptly named lawyer Rob
> Moore.
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
> To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com
> Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; W-Five@ctv.ca
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:28 AM
> Subject: RE: I am curious
>
> Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is
> no need to send us a hard copy. As you have said yourself, the
> documentation is very voluminous and after 3 days, we are still in the
> process of printing it. I have asked one of my lawyers to review it
> in my absence and report back to me upon my return in the office. We
> will then provide you with a reply.
>
> Martine Turcotte
> Chief Legal Officer / Chef principal du service juridique
> BCE Inc. / Bell Canada
> 1000 de La Gauchetière ouest, bureau 3700
> Montréal (Qc) H3B 4Y7
>
> Tel: (514) 870-4637
> Fax: (514) 870-4877
> email: martine.turcotte@bell.ca
>
> Executive Assistant / Assistante à la haute direction: Diane Valade
> Tel: (514) 870-4638
> email: diane.valade@bell.ca « less
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:07:58 -0400
> Subject: Seems that like you the lawyers working for the CRTC, Astral
> and BCE don't keep very good records EH Mr Minister of Industry?
> To: "Bathurst, News Max" <maxnews@astral.com>,
> jean-pierre.blais@crtc.gc.ca, bcatellier@corp.astral.com,
> "martine.turcotte" <martine.turcotte@bell.ca>, "mckeen.randy"
> <mckeen.randy@gmail.com>, law <law@stevenfoulds.ca>, woodsideb
> <woodsideb@fredericton.ca>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, police
> <police@fredericton.ca>, "Wayne.Lang" <Wayne.Lang@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
> maryann4peace <maryann4peace@gmail.com>, acampbell <acampbell@ctv.ca>,
> "terry.seguin" <terry.seguin@cbc.ca>, ndesrosiers
> <ndesrosiers@ccla.org>, sallybrooks25 <sallybrooks25@yahoo.ca>,
> evelyngreene <evelyngreene@live.ca>, hmousseau@astral.com,
> pauline.michaud@bell.ca, gbuck@mccarthy.ca, brian.facey@blakes.com,
> babramson <babramson@mccarthy.ca>, smhorn@stikeman.com,
> sminzberg@dwpv.com, dlastman@goodmans.ca, MulcaT@parl.gc.ca,
> yves.mayrand@cogeco.com, regaffairs@quebecor.com,
> ken.engelhart@rci.rogers.com, peter.foster@crtc.gc.ca
> Cc: Minister.Industry@ic.gc.ca, mirko.bibic@bell.ca, David Amos
> <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> <marie-claude.blais@gnb.ca>, "dan. bussieres" <dan.bussieres@gnb.ca>,
> "danny.copp" <danny.copp@fredericton.ca>, police
> <police@edmundston.ca>, "Gilles.Moreau"
> <Gilles.Moreau@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
> "dean.buzza" <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, premier <premier@gnb.ca>, pm
> <pm@pm.gc.ca>
>
> Check SOME of my records Below is the entire text of an email the
> nasty bastard working for Astral in Bathurst sent me after he
> attempted to tell me off once I had pointed out his BULLSHIT about
> Werner Bock and UFOs. This was a LONG time after he called me a liar
> about Wikileaks etc. Following that are two other emails that are real
> important for the Minister of Industry CRTC, Astral and BCE to review.
>
> If you doubt what I say about the CRTC try listening to some off your
> own voicemails that I included in other emails I sent you people as I
> concerned myself about the BCE takeover of Astral with the CRTC and
> everyone tried to play dumb particularly the nasty bastard in
> Bathurst.
>
> I will wager your pal Chucky Leblanc remembers what went down between
> the liberals and his other butt buddy the liberal/journalist Randy
> McKeen versus mean old me during the elction of the 39th Parliament in
> Fat Fred City. N'esy Pas MR PREMIER Alward???
>
> If not read the text of one attachment and check for the same words
> just above my PUBLISHED illegal banishment within one of Chucky's
> buddy's blogs EH Ms Blais and Bussieres?
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
>
> Alward remembers me quite well. For instance I made certain that the
> biblepounder would not forget the shit that went down between Jac
> Nasser the chair of BHP, the corrupt cops in Fat Fred City and I in
> during the NB provincial election of September of 2010 (see one of the
> attachments)
>
> How about me versus BCE, MFS and Sunllife in 2002 Ms Turcotte???
>
> The lawyers for BCE and the CRTC should scroll to the bottom of this
> email for a little bit of a bigtime Deja Vu N'esy Pas Ms Turcotte, Mr
> Blais, Ma Blais and of course the mindless Mr Bibic???
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Bathurst, News Max" <maxnews@astral.com>
> Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:35:12 +0000
> Subject: RE: RE Astral Yo McKeen who is the arsehole in Bathurst anyway?
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> David. Will you please explain to me, what it is, you are upset about.
> Please don't call here swearing at me again. I would like to know what
> it is, you are so concerned about. I am interested in hearing.
> What did you mean by "BCE will own you pretty soon anyway...and search
> for the whoel truth"
> Please explain, And please stop telling me I called you a
> bull-shitter. I did not do that. Can you talk about this> would be
> appreciated. Cheers.
> 547 1362
>
> ______________________________
> From: David Amos [motomaniac333@gmail.com]
> Sent: September 28, 2012 7:27 AM
> To: Bathurst, News Max; maryann4peace; Mousseau, Hugues
> Cc: mckeen.randy; Wayne.Lang
> Subject: RE Astral Yo McKeen who is the arsehole in Bathurst anyway?
>
> http://www.max1049.ca/
>
> Newsroom:
> (506) 547-1362
> maxnews@astral.com
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <myson333@yahoo.com>
> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:34:14 -0700 (PDT)
> Subject: RE BCE, Cogeco, Quebecor, Astral and Jean-Pierre Blais of the CRTC
> To: pauline.michaud@bell.ca, gbuck@mccarthy.ca,
> brian.facey@blakes.com, babramson@mccarthy.ca
> Cc: motomaniac333@gmail.com, smhorn@stikeman.com, sminzberg@dwpv.com,
> dlastman@goodmans.ca
>
> http://www.mccarthy.ca/lawyer_
>
> http://www.mccarthy.ca/lawyer_
>
> http://www.blakes.com/english/
>
> http://www.stikeman.com/cps/
>
> http://www.dwpv.com/en/People/
>
> http://www.goodmans.ca/People/
>
> From: mirko.bibic@bell.ca <mirko.bibic@bell.ca>
> Subject: Out of Office: RE BCE, Cogeco, Quebecor, Astral and
> Jean-Pierre Blais of the CRTC
> To: "David Amos" <myson333@yahoo.com>
> Date: Monday, September 10, 2012, 1:03 PM
>
>
> Please take note that I will be unable to respond promptly to emails
> during the week of September 10th due to a CRTC hearing. For
> immediate assistance, please contact my assistant Pauline Michaud, at
> pauline.michaud@bell.ca
>
> Thank you,
> Mirko Bibic
>
>
>
>
> From: Nick Moore <Nick.Moore@bellmedia.ca>
> Subject: Automatic reply: RE BCE, Cogeco, Quebecor, Astral and
> Jean-Pierre Blais of the CRTC
> To: "David Amos" <myson333@yahoo.com>
> Date: Monday, September 10, 2012, 1:02 PM
>
>
> Hello, I will be away from the CTV Fredericton newsroom until Monday
> September 17. If you have a general inquiry or news tip, please
> contact my colleague Andy Campbell in the CTV Fredericton newsroom at
> 506.459.1010 or by e-mail at andy.campbell@bellmedia.ca All other
> inquiries can be made directly to the CTV Atlantic News Centre at
> 902.454.4000. Thanks, Nick Moore, CTV News
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bathurst, News Max" <maxnews@astral.com>
> To: "David Amos" <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 3:36 PM
> Subject: RE: I am calling maxnews right now
>
>>> Hello David, Please call me back at Max News. I have a daily feature at
>> 4:30, I was only putting the phone down for a moment. Although I would
>> appreciate speaking to you more, I don't appreciate you telling me, that I
>> called ``You`` a liar. I did no such thing.
>>
https://twitter.com/
David Raymond Amos
@DavidRaymondAm1
Replying to @DavidRaymondAm1 @Nyonitz and 49 others
Methinks Trudeau the Younger, the RCMP and CBC are well aware of why
Katie Telford's buddy Jesse Moeinifar CEO of Viafoura and his evil
moderators should be sued BIGTIME N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.
#Corruption
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
NB Power's missed financial targets are longstanding issue, says Liberal leader
Auditor general says utility failed to meet targets 'year after year'
CBC News · Posted: Feb 25, 2021 11:07 AM AT
In her report released this week, Auditor General Kim Adair-Macpherson
said the utility failed to meet financial targets "year after year."
(CBC News file photo)
Interim Liberal Leader Roger Melanson says from his own experience in
cabinet, he knows issues the New Brunswick auditor general raised
about NB Power in her latest report are longstanding.
Melanson, a former finance minister, said that during his time in
government it was sometimes difficult to deal with the Crown
corporation.
"t was probably one of the most frustrating pieces, where on a yearly
basis, when NB Power actually submitted their forecasts in terms of
net income contribution to the provincial government, which impacts
the provincial yearly budget," said Melanson, who held a variety of
cabinet posts in the Brian Gallant government.
"They were never on target. They were always behind."
The auditor general's report was the topic of this week's New
Brunswick Political Panel podcast, with a focus on what the report
said about NB Power.
In her report, released on Tuesday, Auditor General Kim
Adair-Macpherson said the utility failed to meet financial targets
"year after year."
She said debt reduction is "not a top priority" for the utility and
its liabilities constitute "the largest contingent risk to the
province."
Melanson said the government needs to be serious about getting NB
Power to focus on their financial situation.
The Political Panel from CBC News New Brunswick
Feb. 24 Political Panel: Response to the Auditor General's report
The opposition parties respond to the Auditor General's report on this
week's political panel. A report that raises questions about how tax
dollars are being spent, and how much oversight and accountability
there is. Interim leader for the Liberals Roger Melanson, David Coon
for the Green Party, and Kris Austin for the People's Alliance Party.
37:41
Green Party Leader David Coon said the legislature's public accounts
committee holds some responsibility for keeping the utility in check,
but the Energy Act should be amended to give the Energy and Utilities
Board the authority to approve the utility's 10-year plans and not
just rate increases.
"Without that, you know, they've got one arm tied behind their back
and you're not getting the accountability necessary," said Coon.
Adair-Macpherson questioned the business sense of keeping New
Brunswick's electricity rates some of the lowest in Atlantic Canada.
Green Party Leader David Coon, Liberal Leader Roger Melanson, and
People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin responded to the auditor
general's report on this week's political panel. (CBC)
"While maintaining a consistently low annual rate may be advantageous
to NB Power consumers, it is likely contributing to its failure to
meet the debt to equity target and ever-increasing debt level," said
Adair-Macpherson.
Coon said the province should look at amending the Energy Act to deal
with industry rates.
"Right now [the act allows] NB Power … to deliver power for less than
their cost to heavy industry. So they're losing on revenues there,"
said Coon.
People's Alliance Leader Kris Austin said he believes the utility
would benefit from narrowing its focus to providing electricity to
customers.
"I've seen lately that NB Power seems to be branching out into other
areas, such as, you know, investment in research and development,
which I understand there has to be a certain element of," said Austin.
"You go back to, you know, things like Joi Scientific, where you see
money literally just, you know, thrown down the drain here for these
whimsical ideas."
The Progressive Conservatives were unable to provide someone to take
part in the panel this week.
CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices
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David Amos
Trust that ll the political party leaders are very well aware of how I
have been arguing with the lawyers within the EUB about the auditing
of NB Power beginning with the the 357 Matter entitled "NB Power Rate
Design" which was shut down during the last election for no ethical
reason whatsoever.
Ted Robertson
Reply to @David Amos: So what exactly are you getting at David ? I am lost..
Roger Williams
Reply to @David Amos: What is the 357 matter? Please explain further.
Johnny Jakobs
Reply to @David Amos: knowledge is power. Fill us in.
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Williams: Look it up most of it it is a matter of
public record within the EUB excepting the secret meetings I attended
under Chatham House Rules FYI the matter ended for no ethical reason
whatsoever during the last election after I had disputed a very
questionable "Strawman Report" created by a Yankee consultant for the
benefit of Not So Smart Meters
David Amos
Reply to @Ted Robertson: Methinks the first question folks should ask
your hero Higgy and all the other party leaders is why I was illegally
barred from parliamentary properties since 2004 and why they ignored
my lawsuit about that fact since 2015 N'esy Pas?
Johnny Jakobs
Reply to @David Amos: why were you barred? None of my hereos will
answer me back.
David Amos
Reply to @Johnny Jakobs: Read my lawsuit in Federal Court File NO
T-1557-15 or at least scroll to the bottom to find my contact number
then give me a call FYI the same number can be found within the EUB's
public records
Gracie Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Stay off the phone Papa
David Amos
Reply to @Ted Robertson: All the party leaders now why Roger Richard,
Gerald Bourque and I ran in the 2018 Provincial Election while
intervening in NB Power matters within the EUB 3 years after Premier
Gallant's lawyers answered my lawsuit in Federal Court
Gracie Amos
Reply to @Ted Robertson: He needs to take his pills and sleep it off.
David Amos
Reply to @Gracie Amos: Methinks I should call the RCMP again N'esy Pas?
Gracie Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Maybe I’ll call my new boyfriend Andre again Messy Pants?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Ted Robertson: New here i see. Hes a schizo prenic
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: They laughed you out of the room. Nesy Pas? The
transcript was top notch humor
Max Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Better hide Scooter 2021 from Gracie’s new
boyfriend Andre. He might end up on a plate.
Gracie Amos
Reply to @Max Amos: He’s only HALF Filipino you derpus.
Max Amos
Reply to @Gracie Amos: You say that like it’s news to me. I hooked up
with him before you did. Remember?
Gracie Amos
Reply to @Max Amos: Don’t freakin keep reminding me!
Billy Buckner
Mr. Amos, Tony, or whatever name you are going by today, the gov't
spends ZERO amount of its time thinking about anything you are doing.
The rest of us, even less, well except while having fun with you on
these boards which is the about the only place you have not been
barred from, at least not permanently yet.
Ray Oliver
Reply to @Billy Buckner: Perfect
David Amos
Reply to @Billy Buckner: I don't pretend to be Tony or anyone else.
What would be the point? However it is interesting that he has fooled
so many people by simply using my expressions. Methinks Higgy et al
know that I only use my real name The real question is are you using
yours as per the rules of this forum??? We all know little Ray aka
Hamish is not N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Billy Buckner: BTW Tony and Little Ray cannot deny that they
had fun the last time my children's name were used against me Correct?
Dea Vu Anyone?
COVID-19 roundup: 1 new case in N.B. as Edmundston enters orange recovery phase
7 workers at Edmundston Regional Hospital have been diagnosed with COVID-19
CBC News · Posted: Dec 12, 2020 11:58 AM AT
Gracie Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Papa chill. I mean it. Or you won’t get your
belated Christmas present when the borders properly open.
Max Amos
Reply to @Gracie Amos: As broke as you perpetually are, and given the
fact that Mr Meneses has no money to send you from Seattle what could
you possibly be getting him?
Gracie Amos
Reply to @Max Amos: A real nice steamer.
Max Amos
Reply to @Gracie Amos: Cleveland?
Gracie Amos
Reply to @Max Amos: Oh you know it. Papa’s favorite.
Max Amos
Reply to @Gracie Amos: Nice. I gave him one of those several years
ago. He absolutely loved it to death.
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Always a great time. Whats a Hamish? A sandwich?
Max Amos
Reply to @Gracie Amos: He’s actually supposed to have a rusty trombone
for me the next time we see each other.
https://twitter.com/
David Raymond Amos
@DavidRaymondAm1
Replying to @DavidRaymondAm1 @Nyonitz and 49 others
Methinks the plot has thickened within this tragicomedy unfolding
within Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?
The RCMP know the CBC deleted many libelous comments yet did nothing
at all Hence the Crown will be sued AGAIN
https://davidraymondamos3.
#cdnpoli #nbpoli
https://davidraymondamos3.
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Posted byu/[deleted]2 months ago
David Amos
Sorry, this post was deleted by the person who originally posted it.
It doesn't appear in any feeds, and anyone with a direct link to it
will see a message like this one.
Methinks its comical to see the Evil Trolls make their malice "POOF"
when I contact the RCMP and the FBI However the for got that I save
everything N'esy Pas?
https://davidraymondamos3.
Posted by
u/Rolling_Gear
2 months ago
David Amos
Did David Amos get another account, or did his old one get banned?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Look in the comments for Tony Mcalbey.
Hopefully he isn't inspiring more nutjobs lol.
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Quiet-Ad-6501
4 days ago
I am the real David Amos just exactly who are you???
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Quiet-Ad-6501
4 days ago
Methinks ethical people folks should review what was really said by
mean old me and my noname political foes warts and all Everybody and
his dog now I am not Tony Baby N'esy Pas?
http://davidraymondamos3.
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DavidRayAmos
2 days ago
Only a nomind no name chickens**t would pretend to be me CORRECT JOHN GREEN???
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Quiet-Ad-6501
10 hours ago
Methinks you know as well as I that the RCMP know you just proved my
point again in Spades while stealing my name again N'esy Pas
pervert???
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DavidRayAmos
10 hours ago
Not even Johnny “Never Been Good” Green is that dumb. Everybody and
his dog knows that I ALWAYS post in my name unlike you shills who
steal my name and work for reasons I will never understand.
YOU are most likely the whacko from Seattle who has been threatening
my daughter. Rest assured I have many friends in your neck of the
woods who ride Harleys and don’t take kindly to fake gang members
N’est Pas?
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Quiet-Ad-6501
Well one Troll using my name came and went like the chickenshit he truly is EH?
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darth_nek
2 months ago
I like Amos. His brand of lunacy always makes me laugh!
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Argented
2 months ago
Methinks we haven't read the last from him n'esy pas?
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MarvelD82
2 months ago
Worst catchphrase ever.
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Argented
2 months ago
yeah he's an odd one isn't he? Ahh well, seems harmless and I hope he
remains that way.
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MarvelD82
2 months ago
I believe the catchphrase was first used to mock someone who said
"n'est-ce pas?"
What a jerk.
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Argented
2 months ago
yeah I'll bet he thinks he is clever but it comes across quite cringy.
3
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MarvelD82
2 months ago
Cringey seems to be a prereq for cbc comment sections.
Makes reddit look like the height of discourse.
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Argented
2 months ago
yeah I used to comment there years ago but it's like r/canada now.
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SteadyMercury1
2 months ago
Half that comment section needs a ban. It's basically just the same 8
angry old people yelling at each other. Surely other than David no one
is actually using their real names...
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ggreene211
2 months ago
Nope, david just posted. I thought the same thing too that the CBC NB
comment section was waaayyy too quiet lately.
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19snow16
2 months ago
I did not know the name, but I immediately knew the commenter you were
posting about LOL
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MarvelD82
2 months ago
That comment section is a garbage fire. I was pretty active in it
about 8 or 9 years ago. It has gotten so much worse during that time.
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dcarson10
2 months ago
Comment sections seem to bring out the worst of the right-winged
thinking. I swear if you only read comment sections you would think
PANB was winning elections in landslides.
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12xubywire
2 months ago
I enjoy having a laugh at the nutters in the comment sections, heck,
it’s fun to egg them on.
That Amos guy is such clutter, it’s not even worth reading.
CBC already limits comments on 90% of the topics, I have no idea how
the guy can turn a comment section about puff pieces into some
conspiracy theory about MLA’s ignoring him.
His election campaign was hilarious.
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95accord
Fredericton2 months ago
He needs a perma ban
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Terry Tibbs
Can somebody explain to me why the vaccine information from Pfizer is
secret and not to be discussed?
Randy McNally
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: government in control to much, all we’re told
is it’s safe and get it.
What about people who are flying in for christmas from this point on?
They won't have enough time to self isolate.
Terry Tibbs
Reply to @Randy McNally:
What about them?
They either pay attention and follow the rules, or they break the law,
and hopefully they get charged.
David Amos
Methinks the plot has thickened within this tragicomedy unfolding
within Higgy's circus N'esy Pas?
Ray Oliver
Reply to @David Amos: Nope. Same as always
Barry Winters
Reply to @Ray Oliver: Methinks the only thing to thicken here would be
the bootmarks on our fierce unethical animal yessy plants?
Byron Prior
Reply to @Barry Winters: I’d just like to thank the Radar Group for
having my back here. I truly appreciate it.
Tony Mcalbey
Reply to @David Amos: Higgy hopefully shows up to answer questions he
dodged last week
Michel Forgeron
Reply to @Byron Prior: Byron, can you tell me who did all those posts
during the night? I see most of them are gone this morning. Thanks.
David Amos
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Methinks Higgy is relieved to know that my 97 year old Mother who is
locked down in the Shannex has not been bothered by that pesky virus
yet. At least Higgy can't deny that she is the widow of New
Brunswick's Chief Electoral Officer 1972 - 1984 who was a CoR Party
member when he was one of its wannabe leaders N'esy Pas?
Ray Oliver
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Reply to @David Amos: So daddy is a bean counter. Whom you go after,
and sis is a lawyer? You are special
Max Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: I’m glad Granny Nickerson is doing well still.
Everyone and his dog knows I’m named after both my grandads but
there’s also a step-grandad that Papa is alluding to here.
Gracie Amos
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Reply to @Max Amos: Granny Nickerson loves me more than Dad does
that’s for sure.
Gracie Amos
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: And my uncle Scott who is his brother owns a Kia
dealership in Fredericton also.
Ray Oliver
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Reply to @David Amos: you were upper echelon govt royalty. When did it
comes off the rails messy paws?
Gracie Amos
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: I can answer that. Two things. Uncle Brian
swimming while drunk on booze which dad gave him and he drowned, and
having my older sister. He was also in tax trouble big time so he
closed his shop and ditched his ex and my sister and moved to the
states where he met my mom
Max Amos
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Reply to @Gracie Amos: Wait. Dad told me Uncle Dale was drinking with
Brian that day.
Max Amos
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: Just like he accidentally touched Grace that one
time. He’s a bigger spin doctor than the ones he complains about.
Gracie Amos
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Reply to @Max Amos: He’s also at least as dishonest as the people he
complains about. His record speaks for itself in that regard.
Ray Oliver
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Reply to @Gracie Amos: but he's sued more people than anyone in human
history. He's an "ethical animal"!!!
Gracie Amos
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: So ethical that he owes my mom never received
one dime in child support for me or Max.
Gracie Amos
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: Sorry for the garbled speech. I’m on the nod at
the moment. What I mean is he never sent mom any support for us ever.
Ray Oliver
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Reply to @Gracie Amos: so what about the elusive Medicare card?
Methinks there's more than meets the eye Gracie
Max Amos
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: He never stays in one province long enough to
get it back since he’s been back in Canada.
Max Amos
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: He conveniently forgets to mention that to his audience
Ray Oliver
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Reply to @Max Amos: cross country tour of asylums
Max Amos
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: That and people he’s trying to mooch off of
Ray Oliver
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Reply to @Max Amos: Ethical Stress tested Animal. A legend in his own mind
Carlson MacKenzie
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Reply to @Ray Oliver: He's got the multiple accounts deal running pretty smooth.
Ferdinand Boudreau
That good news looks like we are back on track-- just need to get
Edmundston to yellow again before Christmas.
Tony Mcalbey
Reply to @Ferdinand Boudreau: most will do as they please, these
colours are getting old and meaningless
Tony Mcalbey
Public health shouldn’t be deciding the economics of the province and
Higgy needs to say no to public health at times.
Lisa Duguay McCarthy
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: I agree with you
Winston Gray
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: business and capitalism shouldn’t have a say
in public health matters
JOhn D Bond
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: Actually the other way around, public health
should be able to overrule politicians that are more concerned with
votes that public health and safety
Bob Smith
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: Places where politics and economics overruled
public health have fared poorly during the pandemic. It's a long
list...
Tony Mcalbey
Reply to @Bob Smith: are you sure? I’m pretty sure the USA stocks are
hitting record highs
Mary Smith
Reply to @Tony Mcalbey: Stock Markets =/= good news for individuals.
Only a small percentage of people hold stock. The Stock Market will
continue to do better and better as the giant corporations continue to
gain market share of everything and continues to be the winners in the
winner-take-all market of today. When all the jobs are replaced by
robots stocks will soar. Just because Stock Markets are high does not
mean individuals are doing well. It's the opposite: Stock Markets will
soar when automation kicks into full gear, seeing a tsunami of job
loss in it's wake and leaving the masses unemployed, because the Stock
Market doesn't care about individuals, only the pursuit of profits
above all else
Tony Mcalbey
Reply to @Mary Smith: Exactly.
James Jones
Round N Round we go. Reminds me of playing red light green light
during gym class at school. I'm sure all the politicians are
vaccinated by now so the roll out to health care workers and nursing
home folk should be ongoing as we speak
Tony Mcalbey
Reply to @James Jones: hopefully the outbreak in Edmundston is indeed
an outbreak, top doc declared an outbreak not long ago which ended up
being only 1 case !!!!
Michael Collins
Reply to @James Jones: Since the first vaccine won't arrive in Canada
until Monday your claim is baseless.
SarahRose Werner
Sounds like the new case is someone who was working in Fort McMurray
and flew back to NB for the holidays. That means they should already
have been in isolation - including in isolation from their family -
when their test came back positive.
Tony Mcalbey
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: is that the rule ? If so what is the talk
about the Edmundston travel index cases spreading to the health
workers ? Seems to be a common issue of health employees not following
the rules others are expected to.
Lisa Duguay McCarthy
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: first case emlpoyee from super store sound
SarahRose Werner
Hopefully Saint John is the "hot spot" in the sense that a cooling
lava flow is still hot for some time after the eruption is definitely
over. :-)
Emery Hyslop-Margison
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Hmm . . . Sounds very warm for pandemic talk.
Phil Collins
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: Sarah Rose has been blowing enough
hot air during the pandemic to heat most of the Southwest portion of
New Brunswick!
David Amos
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Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Methinks you and your buddies would not be
having so much fun with this nonsense if YOUR Mother was locked down
in Shannex in Saint John like mine is right now N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Reply to @Phil Collins: I concur
David Amos
Reply to @Emery Hyslop-Margison: Methinks you should wonder why my
reply to the Yankee lady's joke went "Poof' N'esy Pas?
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: methinks everybody knows why it went poof except for you
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#Corruption
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NB Power management at fault for missed debt targets, says auditor general
Debt reduction is "not a priority" at Crown corporation, said Kim
Adair-Macpherson
Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Feb 23, 2021 5:07 PM AT |
Auditor General Kim MacPherson says NB Power failed to meet financial
targets "year after year" by engaging in "optimistic" and "inaccurate
forecasting" of utility expenses. (Michel Corriveau/Radi
Wishful thinking and poor forecasting have led NB Power to
consistently miss profit and debt reduction targets in recent years
with major new expenditures on the horizon, according to an
unflattering assessment of the utility's financial management by New
Brunswick Auditor General Kim Adair-MacPherson.
"It is ultimately management's decision to reduce debt," said
Adair-MacPherson, in a 65-page review of the utility she presented to
MLAs on Tuesday.
NB Power ended the 2020 fiscal year with $4.9 billion in net debt,
about $700 million higher than targets set for it by the Legislature
in 2013. That's a concern, according to the auditor general, because
the province guarantees what NB Power owes and significant new
spending requirements are approaching.
"It's the largest contingent risk to the province," she told MLAs,
about NB Power's liabilities.
Debt reduction, her report said, is "not a top priority" of utility
management, who she said failed to meet financial targets "year after
year" by engaging in "optimistic" and "inaccurate forecasting" of
utility expenses.
The report notes how in 2016 the utility projected $549 million in
profits for itself over the following four years in its planning but
managed to achieve actual profits over the period of just $54 million,
less than 10 per cent of what it had suggested.
Damaging storms, spotty performance by the Point Lepreau nuclear
generating station, low hydro production during dry summers and other
problems have all taken turns upsetting the utility's financial plans,
but Adair-MacPherson said those risks need to be better accounted for
in corporate planning.
Reliability problem resurfaces at Point Lepreau nuclear plant
An ice storm that hit the Acadian Peninsula in 2017 downed dozens of
power lines and cost NB Power a record-setting $30 million in cleanup
expenses. (Jerome Luc Paulin/Twitter)
She also expressed concern about whether the utility will be able to
significantly improve its finances before 2027, when up to $4 billion
in major expenditures will be needed for a rebuild of the Mactaquac
Dam and other projects.
"NB Power does not have a definitive plan to do this," she wrote about
the need for significant short term debt reduction.
Although NB Power charges some of the lowest rates for electricity in
Atlantic Canada, Adair-MacPherson questioned whether that makes
business sense given its financial position.
"While maintaining a consistently low annual rate may be advantageous
to NB Power consumers, it is likely contributing to its failure to
meet the debt to equity target and ever-increasing debt level," she
said.
Adair-MacPherson's report comes as NB Power is coping with yet another
major unbudgeted cost, the unexpected breakdown of the Point Lepreau
nuclear generating station last month.
The Point Lepreau nuclear generating station appeared to have its
reliability issues resolved in the last two years, until the utility
had a surprise problem with its turbines in January. (Submitted by NB
Power)
Turbine problems forced a shutdown of the plant in mid January and
more than a month later it remains offline at an approximate cost to
the utility of $1 million per day.
In its response to the report, NB Power defended its forecasting
practices and expressed confidence it will get its debt level down to
the required 80 per cent level by 2027. However, it also promised to
do better budgeting for trouble.
"NB Power agrees to evaluate additional means to quantify the impact
of significant future cost uncertainties outside management's control
and to include this information in its planning process," said the
utility's response.
About the Author
Robert Jones
Reporter
Robert Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick
since 1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New
Brunswick won several regional and national awards and led to the
adoption of price regulation in 2006.
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Ted Robertson
Rates are extremely low in NB and smart meters will help the bottom line.
David Amos
PURE D BULLSHIT
David Amos
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BINGO
David Amos
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OH MY MY
David Amos
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"Content deactivated" TWICE ??? METHINKS I MIGHT AS WELL GO FOR THE
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David Amos
Methinks folks who truly care should ask their MLA if they know why
that during the time of Higgy's snap election last summer and just
before he left his post the NB Power CEO Thomas asked the EUB to make
their COVID delayed decisions about rate hikes and the "Not So Smart"
Meters and then end the long delayed 357 Matter entitled "NB Power
Rate Design" for no reason whatsoever N'esy Pas?
David Amos
Deja Vu Anyone??
Industry big winner in NB Power sale
CBC News · Posted: Nov 05, 2009 8:31 PM AT
"New Brunswick industry would get about $200 million more than
residents during the first five years of the proposed deal between NB
Power and Hydro-Québec, CBC has learned.
The province's Liberal government has repeatedly asserted that the
deal would benefit big business and ordinary ratepayers equally.
Now the province's auditor general has weighed in on the issue,
calling on the government to provide more information.
"I would hope the government would provide as much information as they
can about what the financial impact of the transaction is going to be
and also provide some clear information about what the impact on rates
is going to be after Year 5," Mike Ferguson said Thursday.
Under the proposed deal, Hydro-Québec would take over most of New
Brunswick's generating stations for $4.8 billion, which represents the
equivalent of NB Power's debt, Premier Shawn Graham has said."
David Amos
Methinks Mr Jones should agree that Big Industry always does well when
dealing with NB Power Nesy Pas?
NB Power first full rate hearing gets questions about big paper mills
The utility has applied for a two per cent rate hike beginning on July 1
Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jun 15, 2015 9:43 PM AT
Multi million dollar subsidies NB Power is forced to provide the
province's big paper mills took centre stage at the utility's rate
hearing Monday with a retired NB Power engineer criticizing the
practice as thinly veiled corporate welfare.
"I'd like to understand the program and I would like all the
documentation that's available on the program that will explain it to
people," said Gregory Hickey as he questioned a panel of NB Power
executives about the practice of buying renewable energy from paper
mills and reselling it back to them at a substantial loss.
"I think the people of this province deserve to know,"
NB Power is in front of the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board
for its first full rate hearing, where all of its operations are open
to scruitny, since 1993.
The utility has applied for a modest two per cent rate hike beginning
on July 1, but for the first time in 22 years the application requires
full disclosure and that is subjecting the utility to some tough
questioning.
Hickey registered to participate as a concerned citizen and was given
wide latitude by EUB Chairman Ray Gorman to ask NB Power any questions
he had, with the same standing as the corporate lawyer for Enbridge
who went before him and the corporate lawyer for JD Irving who came
after.
Hickey made the most of his chance.
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: continued
I think the people of this province deserve to know.
- Gregory Hickey
He was especially curious about NB Power's Large Industrial Renewable
Energy Purchase Program which was unveiled by the Alward government in
2011.
It requires NB Power to buy renewable electricity generated by paper
mills at a high price - mostly hydro and biomass - and then sell it
back to the companies at a low price to help bring their power costs
down.
NB Power says in the first 27 months of the program it bought 858.9
thousand megawatt hours (mwh) of electricity from the mills for $81.6
million and then sold it back to the mills at $57.2 million.
NB Power lost $24.2 million on those transactions and Hickey told the
hearing if the utility is rich enough to subsidize industry, it should
be denied a rate increase.
Forestry company JD Irving Ltd. is one of the biggest users of the
program and its lawyer at the hearing Gary Lawson tried to argue the
$95 per mw/h mills are paid for power is the going rate - and a fair
price - for renewable energy.
But NB Power has already disclosed in the hearing it only pays $84 for
wind energy and NB Power's director of strategic planning and
regulatory affairs, Neil Larlee, hinted current renewable prices are
much lower than that.
"The price has actually come down in the last couple of years," said Larlee.
Joe Rootliek
Reply to @David Amos: Where are you getting your facts. Is this true?
Ted Robertson
Reply to @David Amos: A lot to say about nothing.
David Amos
Reply to @Joe Rootliek: Methinks anyone can check my work and that of
my friend Roger Richard dealing with NB Power within the EUB over the
years. Mr Jones should at least admit that even though not all of our
words are duly recorded in matters of public record a lot still exists
N'esy Pas?
Opting out smart meter program could cost NB Power customers
Power customers in British Columbia, Quebec have faced fees for
refusing the installation of smart meters
Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Feb 10, 2018 8:00 AM AT
"Smart meter opponent Roger Richard, right, leads a group worried
about human health problems caused by long term exposure to the
devices. (Robert Jones/CBC NEWS)"
John Parker
Looks like its being managed into the ground.
David Amos
Reply to @John Parker: Methinks the Auditor General should have asked
NB Power's auditors KPMG why that is long go N'esy Pas?
Greg Miller
How's that miracle for producing energy coming down in Florida? Any
more brilliant ideas from the NB Power executive wannabees?
George Matthews
Reply to @Greg Miller: and the 100 million on smart meters that won't
do anything for reducing energy usage
David Amos
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Reply to @George Matthews: Methinks Higgy, Holland and many lawyers
know why I agree with your comment N'esy Pas?
Roger Richard
NB Power is being manage in a way where our government will have no
choice but to sell it to the Americans. It is not mismanagement it is
done on purpose. Two or three years ago we had four Americans as
directors on the NB Power Board!
George Matthews
Reply to @Roger Richard: it was doing well profitable and then the
failed bid to sell it to quebec since then they have all of a sudden
just being doing worse and worse.
Roger Richard
Reply to @George Matthews: It started going downhill with Point Lepreau.
Roger Richard
Reply to @Roger Richard: With the construction and then the
refurbishment of Point Lepreau..
Fred Brewer
Reply to @George Matthews: It may have made small profits back then
but it was also carrying a $5 billion debt. Selling to HQ would have
wiped that debt out instantly.
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Richard: Amen mon ami
Bell Media planning cuts to CTV, BNN Bloomberg following BCE layoffs, sale of 45 radio stations
Thursday's round of job cuts is BCE's largest in nearly 30 years
Bell Media is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced widespread layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations.
News stations such as CTV and BNN Bloomberg would be affected immediately, according to an internal memo sent to Bell Media employees on Thursday.
The memo, signed by Dave Daigle, vice-president of local TV, radio and Bell Media Studios, and Richard Gray, vice-president of news at Bell Media, said weekday noon newscasts at all CTV stations except Toronto would end.
It is also scrapping its 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts on weekends at all CTV and CTV2 stations except Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa.
Daigle and Gray said "multi-skilled journalists" would replace news correspondent and technician teams reporting to CTV National News in Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, while other correspondent changes would be made in Ottawa.
Mirko
Bibic, pictured in October, says Bell Media's advertising revenues
declined by $140 million in 2023 compared with the year before. (CBC)
Earlier in the day, Bell Media's parent company BCE Inc. announced it was cutting nine per cent of its workforce.
The company announced Thursday in an open letter signed by chief executive Mirko Bibic that 4,800 jobs "at all levels of the company" would be cut. Fewer than 10 per cent of the total job cuts are at Bell Media specifically.
How do you feel about the Bell Media cuts? Will it change how you get your news? Send an email to ask@cbc.ca.
This round of job cuts is BCE's largest in nearly 30 years, Bibic added during a Thursday conference call.
Some employees have already been notified or were to be informed Thursday of being laid off, while the balance will be told by the spring. Bibic said the company will use vacancies and natural attrition to minimize layoffs as much as possible.
Bell is also ending evening programs The Debate, This Hour and Top 3 Tonight on CTV News Channel, which will be replaced by a four-hour news broadcast on weeknights beginning at 6 p.m.
At BNN Bloomberg, weekday daytime programming is "being streamlined" to reduce the number of separate broadcasts.
Daigle and Gray also said W5 will shift from a standalone documentary series to a "multi-platform investigative reporting unit" featured on CTV National News, CTVNews.ca and other news platforms.
Heritage minister 'extremely disappointed' in decision
"I am extremely disappointed in Bell Canada's decision for many reasons," said Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge during a press conference.
"In the past decade, when acquisitions were allowed for those big companies to acquire television stations or radio stations, it came with the promise that they would deliver on news content. And today, they are backing [away] from that promise."
It marks the second major layoff at the media and telecommunications giant since last spring, when six per cent of Bell Media jobs were eliminated and nine radio stations were either shuttered or sold.
The company will divest 45 radio stations to seven buyers: Vista Radio, Whiteoaks, Durham Radio, My Broadcasting Corp., ZoomerMedia, Arsenal Media and Maritime Broadcasting. The sales are subject to CRTC approval and other closing conditions.
The stations being sold are in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
"We've effectively sold off half of our radio portfolio. That's a significant divestiture and it's because it's not a viable business anymore," said Bell chief legal and regulatory officer Robert Malcolmson.
"We will continue to operate ones that are viable, but this is a business that is going in the wrong direction."
BCE increasing quarterly dividend
While some financial analysts anticipated that BCE would be making changes and likely laying off employees, "I think these are much bigger than what people were anticipating," Patrick Horan, a portfolio manager at Agilith Capital, said in an interview with CBC News.
"The source of this is a dividend policy that has really become out of whack," added Horan.
BCE will now pay a quarterly dividend of 99.75 cents per common share, up from 96.75 cents per share, the company said Thursday. Dividends are a portion of earnings that companies pay out to their shareholders, usually every quarter.
"Typically, the companies pay about 50 per cent of their earnings in dividends, and they're up to about 130 per cent right now of their earnings. So I think that's pressuring the company to produce more free cash flow."
'Digital transformation'
Bell Media is in the midst of a "digital transformation" for both entertainment and news, said Malcolmson, the chief legal officer. But whether or not prioritizing digital growth will be a viable way to generate profit remains to be determined.
He blamed the federal government for taking too long to provide relief for media companies as well as the CRTC for being too slow to react to a "crisis that is immediate."
That extends to two pieces of legislation intended to help Canada's struggling media sector: Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act, meant to force tech giants to compensate Canadian news outlets for their content, and Bill C-11, which updates the Broadcasting Act to require digital platforms such as Netflix, YouTube and TikTok to contribute and promote Canadian content.
Thursday's job losses at Bell Media are directly tied to regulator direction on Bill C-11, Malcolmson said.
Ottawa remains in a standoff with Facebook parent company Meta over C-18, with the company continuing to block news links on its platforms. Meanwhile, the federal government capped the amount of money broadcast media can get from Google's $100 million annual payments at $30 million, with the remainder to go to print and digital news outlets.
"We've been advocating for reform for years. It's not coming fast enough and when it does come, it doesn't provide meaningful help," said Malcolmson.
News losing $40M a year
Bell has fought other regulatory decisions over the past year.
In November, the CRTC directed telecom giants, including Bell, to give independent competitors access to their high-speed fibre optic networks at regulated rates.
Bell planned to appeal the decision, saying that the regulations undermine the millions the company has spent to build that network out. On Tuesday, the company reportedly asked the federal government to rescind the CRTC's decision.
There was also an October application to the Federal Court of Appeal seeking to overturn a CRTC decision that renewed its broadcast licences for three more years.
It argued that decision was made without a public hearing and could result in the regulator prejudging its requests last June to waive local news and Canadian programming requirements for its television stations.
Bell Media's advertising revenues declined by $140 million in 2023 compared with the year before, and the company's news division is seeing more than $40 million in annual operating losses, Bibic stated in his letter.
He added during the Thursday call that the company is "shifting our focus away from overly regulated parts of our business."
"We want to deliver news but we want to find a way to make this work," he said, adding that media companies are facing increasing competition from tech giants, while navigating an advertising slump and the decline of traditional broadcast media.
On Thursday, Bell said it could also further scale back network investments on its telecom side as it remains at odds with the CRTC over what it calls "predetermined" regulatory direction.
Asked about the company's image in light of continued cuts, Malcolmson noted the size of Bell's executive team has been reduced in recent years and executive salaries remain frozen.
With files from CBC's Jenna Benchetrit
Bell Media in the political crosshairs as heritage minister calls job cuts 'extremely disappointing'
Profitable firm announces 4,800 jobs cuts, hikes its dividend payout to shareholders
Bell's decision to lay off thousands of its employees — including hundreds of journalists — has drawn the ire of the federal heritage minister, who said Thursday the telecom giant has broken a long-held promise to deliver quality local news.
Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill after Bell said it would slash 4,800 jobs, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said past governments allowed the company to consolidate media and buy up local TV and radio assets in exchange for a commitment to maintain these services.
"In the past decade, when acquisitions were allowed by these big companies, it came with a promise," St-Onge said. "Today, they backed away from that promise."
St-Onge said it's not like Bell is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
"They're still making billions of dollars. They're still a very profitable company and they still have the capacity and the means to hold up their end of the bargain, which is to deliver news reports," she said.
After announcing the job cuts, Bell said it would push ahead with a more generous dividend payout to its shareholders.
Bell said it would hike its already substantial dividend by about 3 per cent to $3.99 a share, putting it among the highest payouts for a company traded on the TSX.
It also said the layoffs were prompted in part by "increasingly unsupportive federal government and regulatory decisions," a reference to a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision that demands Bell allow wholesale access to its fibre networks.
NDP MP Peter Julian, the party's heritage critic, said Bell's layoffs are "horrible."
"We need professional journalism. We need to be able to tell stories about each other and our country. The federal government has simply not been there. They've ignored what's a deepening crisis," Julian said.
"They've been asleep at the wheel. The government needs to start taking this seriously."
Bell's layoffs come after CBC/Radio-Canada said it expects to cut 600 jobs this year. Asked what the government will do to help prop up a news industry on the ropes, St-Onge said there could be more money coming for the broadcasting sector once Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act, is fully implemented.
The legislation passed Parliament last year and it's now up to the regulator, the CRTC, to decide how much foreign streaming giants should pay to support Canadian content and production.
"There's still a few months to go in the regulatory process at the CRTC," St-Onge said Thursday.
"The cultural industry is having a hard time, the news sector is having a hard time. We need everybody to hold strong over the next few months."
The
Bell Media Studios, in downtown Toronto, are pictured on Feb. 8, 2024.
Bell announced Thursday it's laying off 4,800 employees. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been critical of that bill, which he has long derided as a form of censorship because it empowers the CRTC to regulate more platforms and the content they disseminate.
"We will move quickly in the early part of my term to overturn C-11 and other censorship and put Canadians in charge of what they see and say online," Poilievre said.
He blamed Bell's cuts on what he described as a poor business environment caused by high taxes, burdensome red tape and uncompetitive policies.
Bell claimed CTV takeover would be good for the industry
Bell pitched its 2010 takeover of CTV (the company already owned a portion of the broadcaster) as a transaction that would "pay significant tangible benefits to the Canadian broadcasting industry."
In a media statement about the takeover, the company said it would oversee "significant commitments to new Canadian programming" and a "local news expansion," with hundreds more hours of programming and dozens of hires.
"Our plan offers significant, tangible and positive improvements for our nation's broadcasting system," said the company's then-president and CEO George Cope.
But with this announcement Thursday, Bell is doing the opposite, dismantling big chunks of the company's local media assets outside of Toronto.
The company is selling off dozens of radio stations and scrapping virtually all of its local noon-hour and weekend TV newscasts.
The Bell Media Studios, in downtown Toronto, are pictured on Feb. 8, 2024. Bell Media is slashing CTV's local news output. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
It's laying off national reporters and ending some CTV News Channel programming. It's promising some sort of overhaul of its long-running investigative journalism program, W5.
It's also taking the axe to hours of programming on its business channel, BNN Bloomberg.
Just last year, Bell announced it was cutting 1,300 positions, shutting or selling nine radio stations and closing two foreign news bureaus.
In its financial results released Thursday, Bell said revenue declined last year due to a slumping ad market and programming disruptions from the Hollywood actors' and writers' strikes.
But, as St-Onge said, the company still makes money from its media division.
The unit generated $697 million in 2023, a six per cent decline from the year before.
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Trudeau 'pissed off' by Bell Media's 'garbage decision' to lay off journalists
Thursday's round of job cuts is BCE's largest in nearly 30 years
A fired-up Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unleashed on Bell on Friday, calling its move to layoff thousands of employees — including hundreds of journalists — a "garbage decision."
"I'm pretty pissed off about what's just happened," Trudeau said during a press conference in Toronto.
"This is the erosion not just of journalism, of quality local journalism at a time where people need it more than ever, given misinformation and disinformation.... It's eroding our very democracy, our abilities to tell stories to each other."
- How do you feel about the Bell Media cuts? Will it change how you get your news? Send an email to ask@cbc.ca.
On Thursday the media company — which owns CTV and BNN Bloomberg — announced 4,800 jobs "at all levels of the company" would be cut. Bell said it's the largest round of cuts in nearly 30 years.
It's also the second major round of layoffs at the media and telecommunications giant since last spring, when six per cent of Bell Media jobs were eliminated and nine radio stations were either shuttered or sold.
Bell also announced it is ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts after its parent company announced widespread layoffs and the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations.
The stations being sold are in British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada.
'I'm furious': Trudeau
After announcing the job cuts, Bell said it would push ahead with a more generous dividend payout to its shareholders.
"I'm furious. This was a garbage decision by a corporation that should know better," said Trudeau.
"We need those local voices and over the past years, corporate Canada — and there are many culprits on this — have abdicated their responsibility toward the communities that they have always made very good profits off of in various ways."
On Thursday, Bell chief legal and regulatory officer Robert Malcolmson blamed the federal government for the cuts. He said Ottawa is taking too long to provide relief to media companies and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission [CRTC] has reacted too slowly to a "crisis that is immediate."
"We've been advocating for reform for years. It's not coming fast enough and when it does come, it doesn't provide meaningful help," he said.
Malcolmson also said the job losses were directly tied to regulator direction on Bill C-11, which updates the Broadcasting Act to require digital platforms such as Netflix, YouTube and TikTok to contribute to and promote Canadian content.
The legislation passed Parliament last year and it's now up to the CRTC to decide how much foreign streaming giants should pay to support Canadian content and production.
On Thursday, federal Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge accused Bell of breaking a long-held promise to deliver quality local news.
"They're still making billions of dollars. They're still a very profitable company and they still have the capacity and the means to hold up their end of the bargain, which is to deliver news reports," she said.
Poilievre vows to overturn C-11
One of C-11's main critics, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, has referred to the bill as a form of censorship because it empowers the CRTC to regulate more platforms and the content they disseminate.
He blamed Bell's cuts on what he described as a poor business environment caused by high taxes, burdensome red tape and uncompetitive policies.
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Bell Media Studios in downtown Toronto on Feb. 8, 2024. Bell Media is
ending multiple television newscasts and making other programming cuts
after its parent company BCE Inc. announced widespread layoffs and the
sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
"We will move quickly in the early part of my term to overturn C-11 and other censorship and put Canadians in charge of what they see and say online," Poilievre said Thursday.
On Friday, Trudeau took aim at the Conservatives and other critics who have accused his government of greasing the palms of news organizations.
"We have been stepping up over the past years, fighting for local journalism, fighting for investments that we can have, while all the while fending off attacks from Conservatives and others who say, 'No, no, no, you're trying to buy off journalists,'" he said.
Trudeau suggested his government will be "demanding" better from corporations like Bell, but it's not yet clear what that would look like.
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Telecom - Procedural Letter addressed to Robert Malcolmson (Bell Mobility Inc.) and Dennis Béland (Québecor Média inc.)
Ottawa, 8 July 2021
Our reference: 8660-B38-202103357
BY EMAIL
Mr. Robert Malcolmson
EVP & Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer
Bell Mobility Inc.
Floor 19, 160 Elgin St.
Ottawa, ON K2P 2C4
bell.regulatory@bell.ca
Mr. Dennis Béland
VP, Regulatory Affairs, Telecommunications
Québecor Média Inc.
612 St. Jacques St., 15th Floor
Montreal, QC H3C 4M8
regaffairs@quebecor.com
RE: Expedited Part 1 Application by Bell Mobility Inc. for a Commission Order further to Telecom Decision 2020-48 applying a new permanent roaming test applicable to Videotron’s use of Bell Mobility’s wholesale roaming service – Procedural Request
Dear Mr. Malcolmson and Mr. Béland:
In a letter dated 2 July 2021, Bell Mobility Inc. (Bell) requested that the Commission order Quebécor Média Inc. on behalf of Videotron (Videotron) to share with Bell the confidential version of its Answer to the above-referenced Application (which Videotron filed with the Commission on 28 June 2021), and thereby disclose to Bell the confidential information. In its letter, Bell also requested that—should the Commission agree to its request—the deadline for Bell to file its Reply Comments be extended, in order to provide it with sufficient time to review the confidential information.
In a letter dated 2 July 2021, Videotron informed the Commission that in response to Bell’s request, it sent to Bell that morning a copy of the confidential version of its Answer filed with the Commission. In its letter, Videotron also expressed the view that considering the rapidity with which it sent to Bell the confidential version of its Answer, it is not necessary for the Commission to provide Bell additional time for it to prepare its Reply Comments.
In a letter dated 7 July 2021, Bell requested that the deadline for filing its Reply Comments related to the above-referenced application be extended from 8 July 2021 to 12 July 2021. Bell cited the following reasons for its request:
- Since Videotron did not provide Bell with a copy of the confidential version of its Answer to the above application coincident with its 28 June 2021 filing of the document with the Commission and did not provide Bell with a copy of the document until 2 July 2021, Bell was denied the benefit of the complete 10-day period from the date of the filing of this document with the Commission in which to prepare its Reply Comments;
- Neither Videotron nor any other party would suffer any prejudice whatsoever were the Commission to extend Bell’s filing deadline in light of these circumstances. In contrast, the prejudice to Bell from maintaining the current deadline for the filing of its Reply Comments is significant.
Commission staff is of the view that granting Bell’s request would benefit the proceeding by enabling the Commission to gain a more fulsome record. As well, Commission staff considers that the length of Bell’s requested extension (4 days) is reasonable under the circumstances and that granting the extension request would be in the public interest.
The deadline for Bell to file its reply comments regarding the above-referenced Application is therefore extended to 12 July 2021.
A copy of this letter will be added to the public record of the proceeding.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Michel Murray
Director, Dispute Resolution and Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
c.c: Rudy Rab, CRTC, rudy.rab@crtc.gc.ca
BCE reports 2023 Q4 and full-year results, announces 2024 financial targets and 3.1% annual dividend increase to $3.99 per share
This news release contains forward-looking statements. For a description of the related risk factors and assumptions, please see the section entitled "Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" later in this news release. The information contained in this news release is unaudited.
- All 2023 financial guidance targets achieved
- 5.3% consolidated adjusted EBITDA1 growth in Q4 yielded 1.9 percentage-point increase in adjusted EBITDA margin2 to 39.7% — best quarterly result since Q1 2022
- Q4 net earnings of $435 million, down 23.3%, with net earnings attributable to common shareholders of $382 million, down 27.7% or $0.42 per common share; 5.7% increase in adjusted net earnings1 of $691 million delivered adjusted EPS1 of $0.76, up 7.0%
- Cash flows from operating activities up 15.4% in Q4 to $2,373 million; free cash flow1 increased $913 million in Q4 to $1,289 million on lower capital expenditures, timing of cash tax instalments and higher working capital
- 170,831 total mobile phone and connected device net subscriber activations3 in Q4 drove 3.9% wireless service revenue growth and 0.4% higher blended ARPU4
- 55,591 retail Internet net subscriber activations3 in Q4 — second best Q4 result in nearly two decades – contributed to 5.4% residential Internet revenue growth
- Bell Media adjusted EBITDA up 14.7% in Q4 on lower operating costs including restructuring initiatives as total revenue declined 7.5% due to challenging advertising market conditions; digital revenue5 up 27% as digital platforms and advertising technology drove strong growth
- Planned minimum $500 million reduction in capital expenditures in 2024 and rollback of fibre network expansion reflect unsupportive federal government policies and CRTC decisions that discourage investment
- Undertaking largest workforce restructuring initiative in nearly 30 years, reducing approximately 4,800 positions, or 9% of all BCE employees in 2024, and driving in-year cost savings of $150 million to $200 million; 250 million annualized
MONTRÉAL, Feb. 8, 2024 /CNW/ - BCE Inc. (TSX: BCE) (NYSE: BCE) today reported results for the fourth quarter (Q4) and full-year 2023, provided financial guidance for 2024, including a 3.1%, or $0.12 per share, increase in the BCE annual common share dividend to $3.99, and announced a workforce restructuring initiative, our largest in nearly 30 years, reducing approximately 4,800 positions, including 750 contractors, or 9% of all BCE employees.
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1 Adjusted EBITDA is a total of segments measure, adjusted net earnings and free cash flow are non-GAAP financial measures and adjusted EPS is a non-GAAP ratio. Refer to the Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures section in this news release for more information on these measures. |
2 Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as adjusted EBITDA divided by operating revenues. Refer to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) section in this news release for more information on adjusted EBITDA margin. |
3 Refer to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) section in this news release for more information on subscriber (or customer) units. |
4 Effective Q1 2023, as a result of the segment reporting changes impacting intersegment eliminations, ARPU has been updated and is defined as Bell CTS wireless external services revenues (previously wireless operating service revenues), divided by the average mobile phone subscriber base for the specified period, expressed as a dollar unit per month. Refer to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) section in this news release for more information on blended ARPU. |
5 Digital revenues are comprised of advertising revenue from digital platforms including web sites, mobile apps, connected TV apps and out-of-home (OOH) digital assets/platforms, as well as advertising procured through Bell digital buying platforms and subscription revenue from direct-to-consumer services and video-on-demand services. |
"The Bell team has demonstrated strong executional discipline and cost containment this quarter, enabling Bell to deliver solid results in Q4 and throughout 2023," said Mirko Bibic, President and CEO of BCE and Bell Canada.
We continue to see a preference by customers for fibre, contributing to continued strong fibre Internet net subscriber activations and 7.1% residential Internet revenue growth in 2023. Bell's mobile phone customer base at the end of 2023 was up 3.4% over 2022. And I'm very pleased that we've reduced our share of industry complaints for an eighth consecutive year in the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) 2022-2023 annual report.
As we close out 2023, our results demonstrate the critical importance of balancing near term and long term priorities to deliver for our customers and our shareholders. We took necessary action earlier this year to drive costs out of the business and to align costs to the revenue potential of each business segment. At the same time, we started putting the building blocks in place for our transformation from a traditional telco to a tech services and digital media leader, making some key investments to accelerate this transformation.
While it's clear that we are continuing to execute with discipline in a competitive marketplace, we need to take additional measures in response to increasingly unsupportive federal government and regulatory decisions, legacy business declines and a macroeconomic environment with higher interest rates and continued inflation. As our business is hampered by regulatory decisions that discourage investment, we are slowing the pace of our network expansion and capping fibre speeds. We intend to reduce capital expenditures by over $1 billion over the next two years, including a minimum $500 million year-over-year decrease in 2024 alone. In addition, we are undertaking a significant workforce restructuring initiative – our largest in nearly 30 years – reducing approximately 4,800 positions, or 9% of all BCE employees. I recognize that this decision is difficult for the team members impacted, and I thank each of them for their contributions.
Today's changes are difficult, but necessary to respond to evolving external drivers, accelerate our transformation and ensure Bell's future health and longevity so that we can continue to advance our purpose to advance how Canadians connect with each other and the world."
Workforce restructuring
To position Bell for future success, Bell is taking action (opens in new window) to lower its cost structure and align costs to the revenue potential of each business segment. This includes Bell's largest workforce restructuring initiative (opens in new window)
in nearly 30 years, reducing approximately 4,800 positions, or 9% of
all BCE employees in 2024, and driving in-year cost savings of $150 million to $200 million; $250 million annualized.
Reducing capital expenditures and fibre expansion
Bell announced its intention to reduce capital expenditures (opens in new window) by over $1 billion in 2024-25, including a minimum of $500 million
in 2024, and roll back fibre network expansion as a result of federal
government policies and the CRTC's wholesale access rate decision that
discourages network investment. Bell will also cap fibre speeds at
three-gigabits per second. In Q4 2023, Bell reduced its capital
investment by $105 million more than originally planned as a direct result of this decision.
Channel transformation
Bell announced a partnership with Best Buy Canada to operate 165 The Source consumer electronics stores, re-branded Best Buy Express (opens in new window) .
Bell will be the exclusive telecommunications provider, selling
wireless and wireline (in footprint) services from its Bell, Virgin Plus
and Lucky Mobile brands, as well as remain responsible for store
operations and labour. Best Buy will assume responsibility for the
consumer electronics assortment and procurement, as well as branding,
marketing and e-commerce. With the strengths of Best Buy's buying power
and supply chain, Bell will wind down The Source head office and back
office operations, as well as close 107 The Source stores.
Innovative partnerships to deliver for our customers
Bell announced a partnership with global endpoint security leader SentinelOne (opens in new window)
to provide extensive data protection services for Bell's enterprise
customers, SentinelOne's first partnership with a major
telecommunications company in Canada. Bell also entered into a collaboration with ServiceNow (opens in new window) ,
a digital workflow company, to launch Service Bridge capabilities on
the ServiceNow platform, leveraging FX Innovation's deep industry
expertise to elevate the end-to-end experience for Bell customers with
customized solutions and automation capabilities. In collaboration with
Microsoft, Bell expanded its hybrid work solutions for Canadian enterprises (opens in new window)
with the launch of Bell Operator Connect, pairing Bell's high-quality
voice network and Microsoft Teams. Bell is also rolling out Microsoft
365 within its own enterprise IT environment. Bell announced a
collaboration with Mila institute (opens in new window)
in Montréal to study and apply deep learning and AI capabilities on
Bell systems to improve business performance, customer experience and
accelerate AI innovations with cloud computing.
Champion customer experience
Bell continued to lead national telecom service providers in reducing its share of consumer complaints, according to the 2022-2023 Annual Report (opens in new window) from the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS)6. Bell reduced its share of total industry complaints for an eighth consecutive year7, decreasing its share of complaints by 6% over the previous year. Bell Fibe TV (opens in new window)
customers in the Atlantic can now enjoy next generation capabilities
and features including access to the Google Play app catalogue, Cloud
PVR, and unlimited simultaneous streams with the Fibe TV app. Bell
reached one million digital repair sessions on its self-serve Virtual Repair tool (opens in new window) , and enhanced the tool with new features such as Wi-Fi check-up to help customers simplify the repair process.
5G leadership and the fastest Internet speeds
Bell secured the most 5G+ spectrum (opens in new window)
nationwide in the federal government's 3500 and 3800 MHz spectrum
auctions, recently securing the acquisition of 939 licenses for 3800 MHz
spectrum to enhance customers' digital experience nationwide. Bell 5G
wireless was ranked Canada's fastest and best 5G network (opens in new window) by Global Wireless Solutions for the third consecutive year8. GWS also confirmed that Bell 5G+ wireless on 3500 MHz spectrum is the fastest and best in the country8. Additionally, Bell pure fibre was ranked Canada's fastest Internet (opens in new window) and Wi-Fi for a second time in a row by Ookla in its Q3-Q4 2023 Speedtest Awards9, and remains Canada's most awarded Internet service provider10.
Delivering the most compelling content
Bell Media announced its intent to divest 45 of its 103 radio stations (opens in new window)
to seven buyers, subject to CRTC review and other closing conditions.
Once these transactions close, it's our intention that the divested
stations will remain part of iHeartRadio Canada, helping to transform
Bell Media's radio operation to an innovative audio business. To reach
more audiences, Crave will soon be available on Amazon Prime Video channels (opens in new window) in
Canada. 2023 was the most watched year in Crave's streaming
history; streams on Crave in Q4 2023 were up 8% year-over-year, and in
Québec up 18% year-over-year. Bell Media's share of Canadian English
entertainment specialty channels among A25-54 was its highest on record,
increasing 7% over 2022. CTV Comedy Channel is the number one Canadian
English entertainment specialty channel with A25-54. The 110th Grey Cup (opens in new window) was one of the year's biggest television events in Canada
for TSN and RDS, attracting an average audience of 3.7 million viewers.
TSN and RDS also announced broadcast and media rights agreements for
the Professional Women's Hockey League (opens in new window) 's inaugural season as well as CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 (opens in new window) . Bell Media launched its newest campaign, Streets-to-Screens (opens in new window) , a multiplatform program that leverages Bell Media's exclusive ad-synching Radio-to-Road (opens in new window) program
where select roadside digital boards synchronize with advertisements on
specific radio stations using Bell First Party Data.
Bell Let's Talk Day
Bell Let's Talk launched its "Let's create real change" campaign (opens in new window) ,
inviting Canadians to take meaningful action in mental health on Bell
Let's Talk Day and throughout the year, while spotlighting mental health
organizations across the country that provide supports and services for
Canadians experiencing mental health issues.
As part of its ongoing commitment to improve access to mental health supports and services in communities across Canada, Bell Let's Talk announced 10 recipients of the Bell Let's Talk Diversity Fund (opens in new window) . The Bell Let's Talk Post-Secondary Fund (opens in new window) awarded $1 million in grants to 11 Canadian colleges, universities and CEGEPs to support mental health initiatives, and the 2024 Bell Let's Talk Community Fund is now open for applications.
Bell for Better
Bell and the Toronto Raptors teamed up to support newcomers to Canada, through Bell Inbound Assist (opens in new window) ,
a new program that recognizes and supports community organizations that
welcome newcomers to Canada through basketball programming. Three
organizations will be selected to receive grants of up to $100,000 in partnership with MLSE Foundation. BCE was ranked the most sustainable communications company in the world in Corporate Knights' Global 100 (opens in new window) most sustainable corporations for 202411. Bell Technical Solutions was honoured with an Outstanding Commitment to Employment Equity award in the 2023 Employment Equity Achievement Awards (opens in new window) by Employment and Social Development Canada, a department of the Government of Canada12.
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6 2022-2023 Annual Report from the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services. |
7 Bell reduced its share of industry complaints for an 8th consecutive year based on data from the 2015-2016 Annual Report through to the 2022-2023 Annual Reports from the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services. |
8 Based on a third-party score (Global Wireless Solutions OneScore) calculated using Bell wireless 5G network and 5G+ testing in Canada against other national wireless networks from March to October 2023. |
9 Based on analysis by Ookla, a web testing and network diagnostics company, of Speedtest Intelligence data of fixed and Wi-Fi nationally aggregated Speed Score results for Q3-Q4 2023. |
10 Most awarded Internet based on Bell competitive analysis. Bell awards include Ookla Q3-Q4 2023 Speedtest Awards; PCMag Best ISPs 2023: Canada, based on speed, price, coverage and customer satisfaction, comparing major and overall Canadian ISPs from June 1, 2022 to June 27, 2023; and BrandSpark Most Trusted ISP 2023 and 2024. BrandSpark is a research and consulting firm. Winners were determined by a national survey of 15,878 Canadian shoppers who gave their top-of-mind, unaided answers to which brands they trust most and why in categories they have recently shopped. |
11 According to Corporate Knights Inc.'s global rankings released on January 17, 2024. BCE was ranked #51 overall and #1 in our sector and industry, in its 2024 ranking of the world's 100 most sustainable corporations. The ranking is based on an assessment of more than 6,000 public companies with revenue over US $1 billion. All companies are scored on applicable metrics relative to their peers, with 50% of the weight assigned to sustainable revenue and sustainable investment. |
12 Employment and Social Development Canada recognized Bell Technical Solutions for its diversity and inclusion training and the launch of the rope clamp, a new tool that helped remove an employment barrier regarding a specific work requirement to becoming a technician, which is extending the large and heavy ladders. |
Financial Highlights
($ millions except per share amounts) | Q4 2023 | Q4 2022 | % change | 2023 | 2022 | % change |
BCE | ||||||
Operating revenues | 6,473 | 6,439 | 0.5 % | 24,673 | 24,174 | 2.1 % |
Net earnings | 435 | 567 | (23.3 %) | 2,327 | 2,926 | (20.5 %) |
Net earnings attributable to common shareholders | 382 | 528 | (27.7 %) | 2,076 | 2,716 | (23.6 %) |
Adjusted net earnings | 691 | 654 | 5.7 % | 2,926 | 3,057 | (4.3 %) |
Adjusted EBITDA | 2,567 | 2,437 | 5.3 % | 10,417 | 10,199 | 2.1 % |
Net earnings per common share (EPS) | 0.42 | 0.58 | (27.6 %) | 2.28 | 2.98 | (23.5 %) |
Adjusted EPS | 0.76 | 0.71 | 7.0 % | 3.21 | 3.35 | (4.2 %) |
Cash flows from operating activities | 2,373 | 2,056 | 15.4 % | 7,946 | 8,365 | (5.0 %) |
Capital expenditures | (1,029) | (1,638) | 37.2 % | (4,581) | (5,133) | 10.8 % |
Free cash flow | 1,289 | 376 | 242.8 % | 3,144 | 3,067 | 2.5 % |
"We had a solid quarter to cap 2023 with 5.3% higher adjusted EBITDA that drove a 1.9-point increase in margin to 39.7%. Residential Internet revenue was up 5.4%, total consumer wireless revenue up 5.5%, and digital media revenues up 27% over last year, reflecting continued focused execution on our key priorities and cost discipline on the part of the Bell team," said Curtis Millen, Chief Financial Officer of BCE and Bell Canada.
"BCE is in a good position, having achieved our financial targets for 2023 while having weathered increasing macroeconomic headwinds and an unsupportive public policy environment this past year. Looking ahead, we are increasing BCE's common share dividend by 3.1% for 2024. This will be a transformational year for Bell as we balance growth with financial performance, continue to adapt in the face of external pressures, and focus on revenue-generation on our transformation journey to a tech services and digital media leader."
- BCE operating revenue in Q4 increased 0.5% over Q4 2022 to $6,473 million, due to 3.6% higher product revenue of $1,125 million, driven by a greater sales mix of higher-value mobile phones and lower year-over-year device discounting during the Black Friday and December holiday sales periods. Service revenue was down 0.1% to $5,348 million, as a year-over-year decline at Bell Media was mostly offset by growth at Bell Communication and Technology Services (Bell CTS). For full-year 2023, BCE operating revenue grew 2.1% to $24,673 million with year-over-year increases of 0.9% in service revenue and 9.4% in product revenue.
- Net earnings in Q4 decreased 23.3% to $435 million and net earnings attributable to common shareholders totalled $382 million, or $0.42 per share, down 27.7% and 27.6% respectively. The year-over-year declines were due to higher other expense, which included a $204 million non-cash loss on BCE's share of an obligation to repurchase at fair value the minority interest in one of its joint venture equity investments, higher interest expense, increased depreciation and amortization expense, and higher severance, acquisition and other costs. These factors were partly offset by higher adjusted EBITDA, lower asset impairment charges mainly related to Bell Media's French-language TV properties and broadcast licenses, a higher net return on post-employment benefit plans and lower income taxes. For full-year 2023, net earnings decreased 20.5% to $2,327 million and net earnings attributable to common shareholders were $2,076 million, or $2.28 per share, down 23.6% and 23.5% respectively.
- Adjusted net earnings were up 5.7% in Q4 to $691 million, delivering a 7.0% increase in adjusted EPS to $0.76. For full-year 2023, adjusted net earnings were down 4.3% to $2,926 million, resulting in a 4.2% decrease in adjusted EPS to $3.21.
- Adjusted EBITDA was up 5.3% in Q4 to $2,567 million, reflecting increases of 4.8% at Bell CTS and 14.7% at Bell Media. Due to better promotional offer discipline and the flow-through of high-margin service revenue at Bell CTS and a 2.4% year-over-year improvement in operating costs, driven mainly by lower programming costs at Bell Media, lower storm recovery costs as well as the favourable impact of various cost reduction initiatives and other operating efficiencies across the organization, BCE's consolidated adjusted EBITDA margin increased 1.9 percentage points to 39.7% from 37.8% in Q4 2022. For full-year 2023, adjusted EBITDA grew 2.1% to $10,417 million, while BCE's adjusted EBITDA margin remained stable at 42.2% despite 2.0% higher operating costs.
- BCE capital expenditures in Q4 were $1,029 million, down 37.2% from $1,638 million in Q4 last year, corresponding to a capital intensity13 of 15.9%, compared to 25.4% in Q4 2022. This brought total 2023 capital expenditures to $4,581 million, down from $5,133 million the year before, for a capital intensity of 18.6% compared to 21.2% in 2022. The year-over-year decrease was due to an unplanned additional $105 million decrease in Q4 as a direct result of the CRTC's decision in November 2023 to mandate wholesale access to Bell's all fibre network, in addition to a planned reduction in capital spending on our wireless 5G and pure fibre networks consistent with our more modest buildout targets for 2023 compared to 2022.
- BCE cash flows from operating activities in Q4 were $2,373 million, up 15.4% from Q4 2022, reflecting lower cash taxes, due mainly to the timing of tax instalment payments, increased cash from working capital and higher adjusted EBITDA, partly offset by higher interest paid and higher severance, acquisition and other costs paid. For full-year 2023, despite higher adjusted EBITDA, BCE cash flows from operating activities totalled $7,946 million, down 5.0% from 2022, due mainly to higher interest paid and lower cash from working capital.
- Free cash flow increased $913 million, or 242.8%, in Q4 to $1,289 million from $376 million in Q4 2022, driven by lower capital expenditures and higher cash flows from operating activities excluding acquisition and other costs paid. For full-year 2023, BCE free cash flow grew 2.5% to $3,144 million, up from $3,067 million in 2022.
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13 Capital intensity is defined as capital expenditures divided by operating revenues. Refer to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) section in this news release for more information on capital intensity. |
Bell Communication and Technology Services (Bell CTS)
- Total Bell CTS operating revenue increased 1.7% in Q4 to $5,744 million, and by 2.9% to $21,926 million for 2023, driven by both higher service and product revenue.
- Service revenue grew 1.2% in Q4 to $4,619 million, driven mainly by ongoing expansion of our mobile phone, mobile connected device and retail Internet subscribers, higher mobile phone blended ARPU, increased sales of business service solutions to large enterprise customers, as well as the financial contribution from acquisitions made over the past year including Distributel and FX Innovation. This was partly offset by ongoing declines in legacy voice, data and satellite TV services as well as greater acquisition, retention and bundle discounts on residential home services compared to Q4 2022. For full-year 2023, service revenue increased 1.8% to $18,407 million.
- Product revenue was up 3.6% in Q4 to $1,125 million, driven by a greater sales mix of higher-value mobile phones and lower year-over-year device discounting during the Black Friday and December holiday periods. For full-year 2023, product revenue increased 9.4% to $3,519 million, driven by a greater sales mix of higher-value mobile phones and higher telecom data equipment sales to large enterprise customers reflecting improved availability compared to more significant global supply chain disruptions experienced in 2022.
- Bell CTS adjusted EBITDA grew 4.8% in Q4 to $2,419 million, yielding a 1.2 percentage-point margin increase to 42.1% from 40.9% in Q4 2022. This was driven by better promotional offer discipline particularly compared to the Black Friday sales period in 2022, the flow-through of higher year-over-year service revenue and a 0.5% reduction in operating costs reflecting lower storm recovery costs and the favourable impact of various cost reduction initiatives and other operating efficiencies. For full-year 2023, Bell CTS adjusted EBITDA was up 2.8% to $9,720 million while margin was essentially unchanged at 44.3% compared to 44.4% in 2022.
- Postpaid mobile phone net subscriber14 activations totaled 128,715 in Q4, down 16.8% from 154,617 in Q4 2022. The decrease was due to higher mobile phone postpaid customer churn14, which increased to 1.63% from 1.22% in Q4 2022, reflecting greater overall competitive market activity and promotional offer intensity compared to last year as well as increased business customer deactivations attributable to cost rationalization initiatives. This was partly offset by 20.9% higher gross subscriber activations, driven by immigration growth, continued 5G and multi-product bundling momentum, effective promotions and stronger Virgin Plus performance. For full-year 2023, postpaid mobile phone net activations were 426,172, down 3.1%, reflecting higher mobile phone postpaid customer churn of 1.15% compared to 0.92% in 2022, as gross subscriber activations increased 18.6%.
- Bell's prepaid mobile phone customer base declined by 36,630 net subscribers14 in Q4, compared to a net loss of 31,996 in Q4 2022. Despite a 7.1% increase in gross activations, the year-over-year decrease was the result of greater customer migrations to postpaid service and higher customer churn, which increased to 6.15% from 5.74% last year, reflecting more customer deactivations due to attractive promotional offers and availability of mobile 5G service on postpaid discount brands. For full-year 2023, we posted a net loss of 14,983 prepaid mobile phone customers, compared to a net gain of 50,059 in 2022, reflecting an increased churn rate of 5.31%, partly offset by 3.0% higher gross activations.
- Bell's mobile phone customer base totalled 10,287,046 at the end of 2023, a 3.4% increase over 2022, comprised of 9,422,830 postpaid subscribers, up 3.9%, and 864,216 prepaid customers, down 1.7%.
- Mobile phone blended ARPU15 was up 0.4% to $58.71 in Q4, reflecting higher outbound roaming revenue and our ongoing focus on premium subscriber acquisition. This was moderated by lower overage revenue from customers subscribing to unlimited and larger capacity data rate plans and competitive pressures on base rate plan pricing. For full-year 2023, mobile phone blended ARPU increased 0.3%.
- Mobile connected device net activations were down 24.6% in Q4 to 78,746, despite fewer data device deactivations, due mainly to lower business IoT activations driven by one customer. For full-year 2023, mobile connected device net activations increased 45.2% to 293,307, driven by strong customer demand for Bell IoT services, including business solutions and connected car subscriptions, and fewer data device deactivations. At the end of 2023, mobile connected device subscribers14 totalled 2,732,548, an increase of 11.4% over 2022.
- Bell added 55,591 net new retail Internet subscribers14 in Q4, representing our second-best Q4 result in nearly two decades. This was down 12.4% from 63,466 in Q4 2022, reflecting higher customer deactivations, particularly in our copper service areas, attributable to aggressive promotional offers by competitors offering cable, fixed wireless and satellite Internet services. This was partly offset by higher customer gross activations driven by the superiority of Bell's fibre services, increased customer penetration of tenured fibre footprint, and a focus on bundled offerings with mobile service. For full-year 2023, total retail Internet net activations were 187,126, compared to 201,762 in 2022. Retail Internet subscribers totalled 4,473,429 at the end of 2023, a 5.0% increase from 2022.
- Bell TV added 23,537 net new retail IPTV subscribers14 in Q4, down from 40,209 in Q4 2022. Despite higher gross activations, the year-over-year decrease was due mainly to higher customer deactivations, primarily on our app streaming service, attributable to more customers with expired promotional offers. For full-year 2023, retail IPTV net activations totalled 81,918, down from 94,400 in 2022. At the end of 2023, Bell served 2,070,342 retail IPTV subscribers, a 4.1% increase over 2022.
- Retail satellite TV net subscriber14 losses were 25,855 in Q4, compared to 26,026 in Q4 2022. For full-year 2023, retail satellite TV net losses were 108,367, up from 89,252 in 2022, due to fewer gross activations and higher customer churn driven by increased competitor promotional offer intensity. Bell's retail satellite TV customer base totalled 654,950 at the end of 2023, down 14.2% from 2022.
- Retail residential NAS14 net losses were 38,347 in Q4, compared to 37,878 in Q4 2022. For full-year 2023, retail residential NAS losses were 176,612, compared to 175,788 in 2022. Bell's retail residential NAS customer base totalled 2,021,617 at the end of 2023, representing a 7.7% decline compared to 2022.
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14 Refer to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) section in this news release for more information on churn and subscriber (or customer) units. |
15 Effective Q1 2023, as a result of the segment reporting changes impacting intersegment eliminations, ARPU has been updated and is defined as Bell CTS wireless external services revenues (previously wireless operating service revenues) divided by the average mobile phone subscriber base for the specified period, expressed as a dollar unit per month. Refer to the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) section in this news release for more information on blended ARPU. |
Bell Media
- Media operating revenue decreased 7.5% in Q4 to $822 million, and 4.2% in 2023 to $3,117 million, as a result of lower year-over-year advertising revenue, partly offset by higher subscriber revenue.
- Advertising revenue was down 13.7% in Q4, as advertiser demand and spending, particularly for TV, continued to be impacted by ongoing unfavourable economic conditions as well as the Hollywood actors' and writers' strikes. Additionally, advertising revenue generated in Q4 2022 from the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 did not recur this year. This was moderated by growth in digital advertising as we combine our content and digital platforms with targeted advertising capabilities and technology to grow digital market share. For full-year 2023, advertising revenue decreased 8.6%.
- Total digital revenues grew 27% in Q4 and 19% in 2023, the result of ongoing Crave direct-to-consumer streaming growth and increased advertising bookings from Bell Media's strategic audience management (SAM) TV media sales tool. Digital revenues represented 35% of total Bell Media revenue in 2023, up from 29% in 2022. Crave subscriptions totalled approximately 3.1 million customers at the end of 2023, including direct-to-consumer streaming subscribers which grew 14% over last year.
- Subscriber revenue increased 1.0% in Q4, due to a one-time retroactive adjustment related to a contract with a Canadian TV distributor and continued Crave direct-to-consumer streaming growth. For full-year 2023, subscriber revenue increased 0.7%.
- Notwithstanding lower year-over-year revenue, adjusted EBITDA in Q4 was up 14.7% to $148 million, delivering a 3.5 percentage-point increase in margin to 18.0%. This was driven by a 11.3% decrease in operating costs reflecting lower TV programming costs, despite contractual increases for premium content, due to the Hollywood strikes and FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 last year, restructuring initiatives undertaken in Q2 2023 as a result of the unfavourable economic and broadcasting regulatory environments, and the cessation of CRTC Part II fees in April 2023. For full-year 2023, Bell Media adjusted EBITDA was down 6.4% to $697 million, yielding a margin of 22.4% compared to 22.9% in 2022.
- TSN remained Canada's number one sports network and was the top specialty channel overall in Q4; RDS was the top-ranked French-language non-news specialty channel overall.
- For Q4 2023, Bell Media was ranked number one in full-day viewership in the French-language entertainment and pay specialty market.
COMMON SHARE DIVIDEND
BCE's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.9975 per common share, payable on April 15, 2024 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 15, 2024.
The table below provides our 2024 financial guidance targets that reflect potential recessionary and competitive pricing pressures as well as the financial impact of our strategic distribution partnership with Best Buy Canada. Directly as a result of federal government policies, we plan a significant reduction in 2024 capital expenditures that will lead to a slowdown in our pure fibre build and lower spending in highly-regulated businesses. We expect increased interest expense, higher depreciation and amortization expense, and lower gains on sale of real estate to drive lower adjusted EPS in 2024. For 2024, also we expect higher severance payments related to workforce restructuring initiatives, higher interest paid and lower cash from working capital to drive lower free cash flow.
2023 Results | 2024 Guidance | |
Revenue growth | 2.1 % | 0% to 4% |
Adjusted EBITDA growth | 2.1 % | 1.5% to 4.5% |
Capital intensity | 18.6 % | Below 16.5% |
Adjusted EPS growth | (4.2 %) | (7%) to (2%) |
Free cash flow growth | 2.5 % | (11%) to (3%) |
Annualized common dividend per share | $3.87 | $3.99 |
Please see the section entitled "Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" later in this news release for a description of the principal assumptions on which BCE's 2024 financial guidance targets are based, as well as the principal related risk factors.
CALL WITH FINANCIAL ANALYSTS
BCE will hold a conference call with the financial community to discuss Q4 2023 results and 2024 financial guidance on Thursday, February 8 at 8:00 am
eastern. Media are welcome to participate on a listen-only basis. To
participate, please dial toll-free 1-844-933-2401 or 647-724-5455. A
replay will be available until midnight on March 5, 2024
by dialing 1-877-454-9859 or 647-483-1416 and entering passcode
2327436#. A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available
on BCE's website at BCE Q4-2023 conference call (opens in new window) .
BCE uses various financial measures to assess its business performance. Certain of these measures are calculated in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS or GAAP) while certain other measures do not have a standardized meaning under GAAP. We believe that our GAAP financial measures, read together with adjusted non-GAAP and other financial measures, provide readers with a better understanding of how management assesses BCE's performance.
National Instrument 52-112, Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures Disclosure (NI 52-112), prescribes disclosure requirements that apply to the following specified financial measures:
- Non-GAAP financial measures;
- Non-GAAP ratios;
- Total of segments measures;
- Capital management measures; and
- Supplementary financial measures.
This section provides a description and classification of the specified financial measures contemplated by NI 52-112 that we use in this news release to explain our financial results except that, for supplementary financial measures, an explanation of such measures is provided where they are first referred to in this news release if the supplementary financial measures' labelling is not sufficiently descriptive.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
A non-GAAP financial measure is a financial measure used to depict our historical or expected future financial performance, financial position or cash flow and, with respect to its composition, either excludes an amount that is included in, or includes an amount that is excluded from, the composition of the most directly comparable financial measure disclosed in BCE's consolidated primary financial statements. We believe that non-GAAP financial measures are reflective of our on-going operating results and provide readers with an understanding of management's perspective on and analysis of our performance.
Below are descriptions of the non-GAAP financial measures that we use in this news release to explain our results as well as reconciliations to the most directly comparable IFRS financial measures.
Adjusted net earnings – Adjusted net earnings is a non-GAAP financial measure and it does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS. Therefore, it is unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers.
We define adjusted net earnings as net earnings attributable to common shareholders before severance, acquisition and other costs, net mark-to-market losses (gains) on derivatives used to economically hedge equity settled share-based compensation plans, net equity losses (gains) on investments in associates and joint ventures, net losses (gains) on investments, early debt redemption costs, impairment of assets and discontinued operations, net of tax and NCI.
We use adjusted net earnings and we believe that certain investors and analysts use this measure, among other ones, to assess the performance of our businesses without the effects of severance, acquisition and other costs, net mark-to-market losses (gains) on derivatives used to economically hedge equity settled share-based compensation plans, net equity losses (gains) on investments in associates and joint ventures, net losses (gains) on investments, early debt redemption costs, impairment of assets and discontinued operations, net of tax and NCI. We exclude these items because they affect the comparability of our financial results and could potentially distort the analysis of trends in business performance. Excluding these items does not imply they are non-recurring.
The most directly comparable IFRS financial measure is net earnings attributable to common shareholders.
The following table is a reconciliation of net earnings attributable to common shareholders to adjusted net earnings on a consolidated basis.
($ millions)
Q4 2023 | Q4 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||
Net earnings attributable to common shareholders | 382 | 528 | 2,076 | 2,716 | |
Reconciling items: Severance, acquisition and other costs Net mark-to-market (gains) losses on derivatives used Net equity losses on investments in associates and joint Net (gains) losses on investments Early debt redemption costs Impairment of assets Income taxes for above reconciling items NCI for the above reconciling items |
204 (2) - 109 (39) 2 |
29 - 150 (37) (8) |
(80) 1 143 (100) 2 |
(24) 18 279 (117) (4) | |
Adjusted net earnings | 691 | 654 | 2,926 | 3,057 | |
Free cash flow – Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure and it does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS. Therefore, it is unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers.
We define free cash flow as cash flows from operating activities, excluding cash from discontinued operations, acquisition and other costs paid (which include significant litigation costs) and voluntary pension funding, less capital expenditures, preferred share dividends and dividends paid by subsidiaries to NCI. We exclude cash from discontinued operations, acquisition and other costs paid and voluntary pension funding because they affect the comparability of our financial results and could potentially distort the analysis of trends in business performance. Excluding these items does not imply they are non-recurring.
We consider free cash flow to be an important indicator of the financial strength and performance of our businesses. Free cash flow shows how much cash is available to pay dividends on common shares, repay debt and reinvest in our company. We believe that certain investors and analysts use free cash flow to value a business and its underlying assets and to evaluate the financial strength and performance of our businesses. The most directly comparable IFRS financial measure is cash flows from operating activities.
The following table is a reconciliation of cash flows from operating activities to free cash flow on a consolidated basis.
($ millions)
Q4 2023 | Q4 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |
Cash flows from operating activities | 2,373 | 2,056 | 7,946 | 8,365 |
Capital expenditures | (1,029) | (1,638) | (4,581) | (5,133) |
Cash dividends paid on preferred shares | (46) | (42) | (182) | (136) |
Cash dividends paid by subsidiaries to NCI | (12) | (3) | (47) | (39) |
Acquisition and other costs paid | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
Free cash flow | 1,289 | 376 | 3,144 | 3,067 |
A non-GAAP ratio is a financial measure disclosed in the form of a ratio, fraction, percentage or similar representation and that has a non-GAAP financial measure as one or more of its components.
Below is a description of the non-GAAP ratio that we use in this news release to explain our results.
Adjusted EPS – Adjusted EPS is a non-GAAP ratio and it does not have any standardized meaning under IFRS. Therefore, it is unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers.
We define adjusted EPS as adjusted net earnings per BCE common share. Adjusted net earnings is a non-GAAP financial measure. For further details on adjusted net earnings, refer to Non-GAAP Financial Measures above.
We use adjusted EPS, and we believe that certain investors and analysts use this measure, among other ones, to assess the performance of our businesses without the effects of severance, acquisition and other costs, net mark-to-market losses (gains) on derivatives used to economically hedge equity settled share-based compensation plans, net equity losses (gains) on investments in associates and joint ventures, net losses (gains) on investments, early debt redemption costs, impairment of assets and discontinued operations, net of tax and NCI. We exclude these items because they affect the comparability of our financial results and could potentially distort the analysis of trends in business performance. Excluding these items does not imply they are non-recurring.
Total of Segments Measures
A total of segments measure is a financial measure that is a subtotal or total of two or more reportable segments and is disclosed within the Notes to BCE's consolidated primary financial statements.
Below is a description of the total of segments measure that we use in this news release to explain our results as well as a reconciliation to the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure.
Adjusted EBITDA – Adjusted EBITDA is a total of segments measure. We define adjusted EBITDA as operating revenues less operating costs as shown in BCE's consolidated income statements.
The most directly comparable IFRS financial measure is net earnings. The following table is a reconciliation of net earnings to adjusted EBITDA on a consolidated basis.
($ millions)
Q4 2023 | Q4 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |
Net earnings Severance, acquisition and other costs Depreciation Amortization Finance costs Interest expense Net return on post-employment benefit plans Impairment of assets Other expense (income) Income taxes | 435 41 954 299 399 (27) 109 147 210 | 567 19 922 270
(13) 150 (19) 222 | 2,327 200 3,745 1,173
(108) 143 466 996 | 2,926 94 3,660 1,063
(51) 279 115 967 |
Adjusted EBITDA | 2,567 | 2,437 | 10,417 | 10,199 |
A supplementary financial measure is a financial measure that is not reported in BCE's consolidated financial statements, and is, or is intended to be, reported periodically to represent historical or expected future financial performance, financial position, or cash flows.
An explanation of such measures is provided where they are first referred to in this news release if the supplementary financial measures' labelling is not sufficiently descriptive.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs)
We use adjusted EBITDA
margin, blended ARPU, capital intensity, churn and subscriber (or
customer or NAS) units to measure the success of our strategic
imperatives. These key performance indicators are not accounting
measures and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by
other issuers.
Certain statements made in this news release are forward-looking statements. These statements include, without limitation, statements relating to BCE's financial guidance (including revenue, adjusted EBITDA, capital intensity, adjusted EPS and free cash flow), BCE's 2024 annualized common share dividend, the expected rollback of BCE's fibre network expansion and reductions in capital expenditures over 2024 and 2025, the cost savings and other benefits expected to result from workforce reductions, BCE's business outlook, objectives, plans and strategic priorities, and other statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by the words assumption, goal, guidance, objective, outlook, project, strategy, target, commitment and other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as aim, anticipate, believe, could, expect, intend, may, plan, seek, should, strive and will. All such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the 'safe harbour' provisions of applicable Canadian securities laws and of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements, by their very nature, are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties and are based on several assumptions, both general and specific, which give rise to the possibility that actual results or events could differ materially from our expectations expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements and that our business outlook, objectives, plans and strategic priorities may not be achieved. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or events, and we caution you against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release describe our expectations as of February 8, 2024 and, accordingly, are subject to change after such date. Except as may be required by applicable securities laws, we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this news release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We regularly consider potential acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, business combinations, investments, monetizations, joint ventures and other transactions, some of which may be significant. Except as otherwise indicated by us, forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any such transactions or of special items that may be announced or that may occur after February 8, 2024. The financial impact of these transactions and special items can be complex and depends on the facts particular to each of them. We therefore cannot describe the expected impact in a meaningful way or in the same way we present known risks affecting our business. Forward-looking statements are presented in this news release for the purpose of assisting investors and others in understanding certain key elements of our expected financial results, as well as our objectives, strategic priorities and business outlook, and in obtaining a better understanding of our anticipated operating environment. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes.
Material Assumptions
A number of economic, market,
operational and financial assumptions were made by BCE in preparing its
forward-looking statements contained in this news release, including,
but not limited to the following:
Canadian Economic Assumptions
Our forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions concerning the Canadian economy. In particular, we have assumed:
- Slowing economic growth, given the Bank of Canada's most recent estimated growth in Canadian gross domestic product of 0.8% in 2024, down from 1.0% in 2023
- Easing, but still elevated, consumer price index (CPI) inflation as the effects of past interest rate increases work through the economy
- Easing labour market conditions
- Muted growth in household spending due to slow labour income growth, high debt-servicing costs and weak consumer confidence
- Soft business investment growth due to slow demand and still-elevated borrowing costs
- Prevailing high interest rates expected to remain at or near current levels
- Population growth resulting from strong immigration
- Canadian dollar expected to remain near current levels. Further movements may be impacted by the degree of strength of the U.S. dollar, interest rates and changes in commodity prices
Canadian Market Assumptions
Our
forward-looking statements also reflect various Canadian market
assumptions. In particular, we have made the following market
assumptions:
- A higher level of wireline and wireless competition in consumer, business and wholesale markets
- Higher, but slowing, wireless industry penetration
- A shrinking data and voice connectivity market as business customers migrate to lower-priced telecommunications solutions or alternative over-the-top (OTT) competitors
- The Canadian advertising market is experiencing a slowdown consistent with trends in the global advertising market, with improvement expected in the medium term, although visibility to the specific timing and pace of recovery remains limited
- Declines in broadcasting distribution undertaking (BDU) subscribers driven by increasing competition from the continued rollout of subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming services together with further scaling of OTT aggregators
Assumptions Concerning our Bell CTS Segment
Our
forward-looking statements are also based on the following internal
operational assumptions with respect to our Bell CTS segment:
- Increase our market share of national operators' wireless mobile phone net additions
- Increased competitive intensity and promotional activity across all regions and market segments
- Ongoing expansion and deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) and 5G+ wireless networks, offering competitive coverage and quality
- Continued diversification of our distribution strategy with a focus on expanding direct-to-consumer (DTC) and online transactions
- Moderating growth in mobile phone blended average revenue per user (ARPU), driven by growth in 5G subscriptions, and increased roaming revenue from the easing of travel restrictions implemented as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, partly offset by reduced data overage revenue due, among others, to the continued adoption of unlimited plans
- Accelerating business customer adoption of advanced 5G, 5G+ and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions
- Improving wireless handset device availability in addition to stable device pricing and margins
- Further deployment of direct fibre to more homes and businesses within our wireline footprint, but at a slower pace than during any of 2020 to 2023
- Continued growth in retail Internet and Internet protocol television (IPTV) subscribers
- Increasing wireless and Internet-based technological substitution
- Continued focus on the consumer household and bundled service offers for mobility and Internet customers
- Continued large business customer migration to Internet protocol (IP)-based systems
- Ongoing competitive repricing pressures in our business and wholesale markets
- Continued competitive intensity in our small and medium-sized business markets as cable operators and other telecommunications competitors continue to intensify their focus on business customers
- Traditional high-margin product categories challenged by large global cloud and OTT providers of business voice and data solutions expanding into Canada with on-demand services
- Increasing customer adoption of OTT services resulting in downsizing of TV packages
- Growing consumption of OTT TV services and on-demand video streaming, as well as the proliferation of devices, such as tablets, that consume large quantities of bandwidth, will require ongoing capital investment
- Realization of cost savings related to operating efficiencies enabled by our direct fibre footprint, changes in consumer behaviour and product innovation, digital adoption, product and service enhancements, expanding self-serve capabilities, new call centre and digital investments, other improvements to the customer service experience, management workforce reductions including attrition and retirements, and lower contracted rates from our suppliers
- No adverse material financial, operational or competitive consequences of changes in or implementation of regulations affecting our communication and technology services business
Assumptions Concerning our Bell Media Segment
Our
forward-looking statements are also based on the following internal
operational assumptions with respect to our Bell Media segment:
- Overall digital revenue expected to reflect continued scaling of our strategic audience management (SAM) TV and demand-side platform (DSP) buying platforms, expansion of Addressable TV (ATV), as well as DTC subscriber growth contributing towards the advancement of our digital-first media strategy
- Leveraging of first-party data to improve targeting, advertisement delivery including personalized viewing experience and attribution
- Continued escalation of media content costs to secure quality programming
- Continued scaling of Crave through optimized content offering, user experience improvements and expanded distribution
- Continued support in original French programming with a focus on digital platforms such as Crave, Noovo.ca and iHeartRadio, to better serve our French-language customers through a personalized digital experience
- Ability to successfully acquire and produce highly-rated programming and differentiated content
- Building and maintaining strategic supply arrangements for content across all screens and platforms
- No adverse material financial, operational or competitive consequences of changes in or implementation of regulations affecting our media business
Financial Assumptions Concerning BCE
Our forward-looking statements are also based on the following internal financial assumptions with respect to BCE for 2024:
- An estimated post-employment benefit plans service cost of approximately $215 million
- An estimated net return on post-employment benefit plans of approximately $70 million
- Depreciation and amortization expense of approximately $5,000 million to $5,050 million
- Interest expense of approximately $1,650 million to $1,700 million
- Interest paid of approximately $1,750 million to $1,800 million
- An average effective tax rate of approximately 25%
- Non-controlling interest of approximately $60 million
- Contributions to post-employment benefit plans of approximately $55 million
- Payments under other post-employment benefit plans of approximately $60 million
- Income taxes paid (net of refunds) of approximately $700 million to $800 million
- Weighted average number of BCE common shares outstanding of approximately 912 million
- An annual common share dividend of $3.99 per share
Assumptions underlying expected continuing contribution holiday in 2024 in the majority of our pension plans
We
have made the following principal assumptions underlying the expected
continuing contribution holiday in 2024 in the majority of our pension
plans:
- At the relevant time, our defined benefit (DB) pension plans will remain in funded positions with going concern surpluses and maintain solvency ratios that exceed the minimum legal requirements for a contribution holiday to be taken for applicable DB and defined contribution (DC) components
- No significant declines in our DB pension plans' financial position due to declines in investment returns or interest rates
- No material experience losses from other events such as through litigation or changes in laws, regulations or actuarial standards
The foregoing assumptions, although considered reasonable by BCE on February 8, 2024, may prove to be inaccurate. Accordingly, our actual results could differ materially from our expectations as set forth in this news release.
Material Risks
Important risk factors that could cause our
assumptions and estimates to be inaccurate and actual results or events
to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, our
forward-looking statements, including our 2024 financial guidance, are
listed below. The realization of our forward-looking statements,
including our ability to meet our 2024 financial guidance targets,
essentially depends on our business performance, which, in turn, is
subject to many risks. Accordingly, readers are cautioned that any of
the following risks could have a material adverse effect on our
forward-looking statements. These risks include, but are not limited to:
the negative effect of adverse economic conditions, including a
potential recession, elevated inflation, high interest rates and
financial and capital market volatility, and the resulting negative
impact on business and customer spending and the demand for our products
and services; the negative effect of adverse conditions associated with
geopolitical events; regulatory initiatives, proceedings and decisions,
government consultations and government positions that negatively
affect us and influence our business including, without limitation,
concerning mandatory access to networks, spectrum auctions, the
imposition of consumer-related codes of conduct, approval of
acquisitions, broadcast and spectrum licensing, foreign ownership
requirements, privacy and cybersecurity obligations and control of
copyright piracy; the inability to implement enhanced compliance
frameworks and to comply with legal and regulatory obligations;
unfavourable resolution of legal proceedings; the intensity of
competitive activity and the failure to effectively respond to evolving
competitive dynamics; the level of technological substitution and the
presence of alternative service providers contributing to disruptions
and disintermediation in each of our business segments; changing
customer behaviour and the expansion of cloud-based, OTT and other
alternative solutions; advertising market pressures from economic
conditions, fragmentation and non-traditional/global digital services;
rising content costs and challenges in our ability to acquire or develop
key content; high Canadian Internet and smartphone penetration; the
failure to evolve and transform our networks, systems and operations
using next-generation technologies while lowering our cost structure,
including the failure to transition from a traditional
telecommunications company to a tech services and digital media company
and meet customer expectations of product and service experience; the
inability to drive a positive customer experience; the inability to
protect our physical and non-physical assets from events such as
information security attacks, unauthorized access or entry, fire and
natural disasters; the failure to implement an effective data governance
framework; the failure to attract, develop and retain a diverse and
talented team capable of furthering our strategic imperatives and
high-tech transformation; the potential deterioration in employee morale
and engagement resulting from staff reductions, cost reductions or
reorganizations and the de-prioritization of transformation initiatives
due to staff reductions, cost reductions or reorganizations; the failure
to adequately manage health and safety concerns; labour disruptions and
shortages; the risk that we may need to incur significant capital
expenditures to provide additional capacity and reduce network
congestion; service interruptions or outages due to network failures or
slowdowns; events affecting the functionality of, and our ability to
protect, test, maintain, replace and upgrade, our networks, information
technology (IT) systems, equipment and other facilities; the failure by
other telecommunications carriers on which we rely to provide services
to complete planned and sufficient testing, maintenance, replacement or
upgrade of their networks, equipment and other facilities, which could
disrupt our operations including through network or other infrastructure
failures; the complexity of our operations and IT systems and the
failure to implement or maintain highly effective processes and IT
systems; in-orbit and other operational risks to which the satellites
used to provide our satellite TV services are subject; the inability to
access adequate sources of capital and generate sufficient cash flows
from operating activities to meet our cash requirements, fund capital
expenditures and provide for planned growth; uncertainty as to whether
dividends will be declared or the dividend on common shares will be
increased by BCE's board of directors; the failure to reduce costs and
adequately assess investment priorities, as well as unexpected increases
in costs; the inability to manage various credit, liquidity and market
risks; the failure to evolve practices to effectively monitor and
control fraudulent activities; new or higher taxes due to new tax laws
or changes thereto or in the interpretation thereof, and the inability
to predict the outcome of government audits; the impact on our financial
statements and estimates from a number of factors; pension obligation
volatility and increased contributions to post-employment benefit plans;
our dependence on third-party suppliers, outsourcers and consultants to
provide an uninterrupted supply of the products and services we need;
the failure of our vendor selection, governance and oversight processes,
including our management of supplier risk in the areas of security,
data governance and responsible procurement; the quality of our products
and services and the extent to which they may be subject to defects or
fail to comply with applicable government regulations and standards;
reputational risks and the inability to meaningfully integrate
environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into our
business strategy and operations; the failure to take appropriate
actions to adapt to current and emerging environmental impacts,
including climate change; pandemics, epidemics and other health risks,
including health concerns about radio frequency emissions from wireless
communications devices and equipment; the inability to adequately manage
social issues; the failure to develop and implement sufficient
corporate governance practices; the adverse impact of various internal
and external factors on our ability to achieve our ESG targets
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Attn Kathryn Marshall I called and left a a voicemail about Patricia Jaggernauth's concerns with Bell Media Correct?
David Amos<david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com> | Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 3:51 PM |
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---------- Original message ---------- From: "Garcia, Patricia" <Patricia.Garcia@bellmedia.ca> Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 18:32:04 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: [EXT]RE My replies to Patricia Jaggernauth's Tweet about the CBC news of her concerns with Bell Media To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. -- OUT OF OFFICE ALERT -- Thank you for your email. I'm out of office, returning Friday Oct. 14. Please contact jason.laszlo@bell.ca if you require immediate assistance. Thank you, Patricia ---------- Original message ---------- From: Postmaster@bbc.co.uk Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 19:35:36 +0100 Subject: Undeliverable: Fwd: Thanks for reaching out Re: RE My replies to Patricia Jaggernauth's Tweet about the CBC news of her concerns with Bell Media To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups: newsonline@bbc.co.uk<mailto:ne The recipient won't be able to receive this message because it's too large. The maximum message size that's allowed is 1 KB. This message is 6 KB. ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 15:35:33 -0300 Subject: Fwd: Thanks for reaching out Re: RE My replies to Patricia Jaggernauth's Tweet about the CBC news of her concerns with Bell Media To: newsonline@bbc.co.uk Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com> https://davidraymondamos3. Delivery has failed to these recipients or groups: newsonline (newsonline@bbc.co.uk) The recipient won't be able to receive this message because it's too large. The maximum message size that's allowed is 1 KB. This message is 23 KB . ---------- Original message ---------- From: Canadaland Editorial Team <editor@canadaland.com> Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 11:32:25 -0700 Subject: Thanks for reaching out Re: RE My replies to Patricia Jaggernauth's Tweet about the CBC news of her concerns with Bell Media To: david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Hi! Thanks for getting in touch with Canadaland! It's always nice to hear from people (except, perhaps, the enthusiastic conspiracy theorists who insist on sending us regular bulletins). If this is a news tip, we will for sure read it. We sadly can't respond to everything, but if it's something we decide to pursue, we'll be in touch. If this is a pitch for a freelance written or audio piece you'd like to contribute, we'll endeavour to get back to you shortly. If this is a request for a correction or clarification, we'll have a look and consider it asap. If this is something else — general feedback, a patron-related inquiry, a communication from your own auto-responder such that this is just two robots talking to each other — we'll make sure it gets seen by the right person. In any event: Thank you! Your support, participation, and/or concern for accuracy means a lot. The Editorial team at Canadaland ---------- Original message ---------- From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2022 15:31:56 -0300 Subject: RE My replies to Patricia Jaggernauth's Tweet about the CBC news of her concerns with Bell Media To: shanifa.nasser@cbc.ca, "silas.brown" <silas.brown@globalnews.ca>, "macpherson.don" <macpherson.don@brunswicknews. < macklamoureux@gmail.com>, "huras.adam" < huras.adam@brunswicknews.com> < newsonline@bbc.co.uk>, newstips <newstips@cnn.com>, news-tips < news-tips@nytimes.com>, jesse <jesse@canadalandshow.com>, "Jessica.ng" <Jessica.ng@bellmedia.ca>, jesse <jesse@jessebrown.ca>, info@mediasmarts.ca, media@newslit.org, jackson.weaver@cbc.ca, Omar.Sachedina@ctv.ca, Muriel.Draaisma@cbc.ca, Talia.Ricci@cbc.ca, editor@canadaland.com, rob.duffy@bellmedia.ca, Karine.Moses@bellmedia.ca, mark.langton@bell.ca, thane.fotopoulos@bell.ca, patricia.garcia@bellmedia.ca, rfife < rfife@globeandmail.com>, marie-eve.bergeron@bellmedia. david.chamberlain@ctv.ca, onthego@cbc.ca, Michael.Melling@bellmedia.ca, Michael.Melling@ctv.ca Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, sheilagunnreid < sheilagunnreid@gmail.com>, Newsroom <Newsroom@globeandmail.com>, nsinvestigators <nsinvestigators@gmail.com>, oldmaison < oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>, paulpalango < paulpalango@protonmail.com>, NightTimePodcast < NightTimePodcast@gmail.com>, "michael.macdonald" < michael.macdonald@ https://davidraymondamos3. Saturday, 8 October 2022 CP24 personality alleges 'systemic pattern' of discrimination in human rights claim against Bell Media https://twitter.com/ 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀 𝐉𝐀𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇 @Patricia_J · I am relieved to be telling my story. ⠀⠀⠀⠀ Link to read in my profile and here: https://cbc.ca/news/canada/ instagram.com 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀 𝐉𝐀𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇 (@patricia_j) • Instagram photo David Raymond Amos @DavidRaymondAm1 Replying to @Patricia_J Perhaps we should talk 12:02 PM · Oct 8, 2022 David Raymond Amos @DavidRaymondAm1 Replying to DavidRaymondAm1 and @Patricia_J FYI You some info byway of your website Please enjoy patriciajtv.com I also called and left your lawyer a voicemail before sending her and @CBCNews @CTVNews @globalnews @globeandmail @postmedianet the same info and publishing it in my blog https://davidraymondamos3. www.patriciajtv.com patriciajtv.com www.patriciajtv.com PATRICIA JAGGERNAUTH 2:53 PM · Oct 8, 2022 https://www.cbc.ca/news/ CP24 personality alleges 'systemic pattern' of discrimination in human rights claim against Bell Media Bell Media says it takes allegations of discrimination ‘very seriously’ Shanifa Nasser · CBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2022 3:22 PM ET In a complaint filed with the Canadian Human Rights Commission on Wednesday, Patricia Jaggernauth, a weather specialist, remote reporter and co-host for the Bell-owned news channel CP24, describes being repeatedly passed over for promotions and earning less than a living wage. (Robert Krbavac/CBC) A well-known Toronto television personality has filed a human rights complaint against Bell Media, alleging "a systemic pattern" of racism, sexism and discrimination, adding that during her 11 years with the company, she was "treated as a token and a commodity." In a complaint filed with the Canadian Human Rights Commission on Wednesday, Patricia Jaggernauth, a weather specialist, remote reporter and co-host for the Bell-owned news channel CP24, describes being repeatedly passed over for promotions and earning less than a living wage. Jaggernauth says she watched as white colleagues, often newer ones, made it higher up the corporate ladder, while she wasn't even offered a contract — something she attributes to the fact that she is a racialized woman. Part Guyanese and part Jamaican, Jaggernauth claims she was denied full-time stable employment and was instead forced to work weeks straight without a day off — an experience she says landed her in hospital with pneumonia because she felt she had no choice but to put work ahead of her health. "I almost died doing what I loved because a freelancer can't say no. Every hour is bread, every hour is rent, every hour is that tank of gas," said Jaggernauth, who resigned from Bell Media last Tuesday. In an email to CBC News, a Bell Media spokesperson said, "We do not comment on matters involving current or former staff members, but can confirm that Bell Media takes allegations of any potential discrimination very seriously, and are committed to a safe, inclusive, and respectful work environment where employees can thrive. "If a matter is brought to our attention where an employee did not feel adequately supported, a process is triggered to review and address when required." 'Good enough to fill in but never ... to invest in' In an exclusive interview with CBC News, Jaggernauth broke her silence about her time at Bell. At first, she said, landing a job there felt like "a dream." WATCH | Patricia Jaggernauth speaks about working for years without a contract at Bell: 'How come I was never enough?' 21 hours ago Duration 0:41 Journalist Patricia Jaggernauth alleges she was repeatedly passed up for job opportunities at CP24, leaving her struggling with her mental health. "I'm the girl living in metro housing that got out. I'm the one that was never supposed to succeed," she said. "I knew that I loved people, I loved community, I loved conversation ... And where I was working provided that — but not ever on a contractual basis, always as a fill-in. "How come I'm always good enough to fill in but never good enough to invest in?" Jaggernauth says she was guaranteed just two days of work each week, and called at random to fill in for hosts who were off sick or away. With no certainty as to what her weeks would look like, she says she relied on the ability to take on other jobs to supplement her income — something she had done throughout her time there. This past summer, management moved to limit that ability, blocking her from performing any paid activities outside of the company without management approval, according to her formal complaint. The rule was originally created in 2019 when Bell employees unionized, but was never enforced until this year, she says. "Bell has done this while at the same time denying Ms. Jaggernauth promotions she has earned and is qualified for, and while refusing to provide her with full-time work," the complaint reads. "At Bell, people of colour are cynically used as tokens," it adds. Long days, short turnarounds led to breakdown: complaint Jaggernauth's complaint comes on the heels of Bell Media's recent dismissal of celebrated chief anchor Lisa LaFlamme, who said she was "blindsided" when the company ended her contract at CTV National after more than 30 years as part of a "business decision." The move caused an uproar and in the days that followed, CTV News executive Michael Melling went on leave from the company. In 2019, Jaggernauth says she contracted a virus and was hospitalized after "years of long days, short turnarounds, lengthy work stretches and being told to work for weeks upon weeks, non-stop." Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' by cancellation of contract with CTV CTV exec goes on leave after Lisa LaFlamme controversy After a three-month unpaid sick leave, she says she pleaded with Bell for more stability. What she was offered, she says, was a part-time contract formalizing her two days of work per week and giving her access to medical and dental benefits — with no additional shifts, no change to her wage and no ability to continue freelancing outside of Bell. The complaint says the treatment Jaggernauth faced led her to suffer "a breakdown" during the most recent Bell Let's Talk Day while live on the air. In the segment, later posted to YouTube by CP24, five hosts open up about their mental health. The last host to share is Jaggernauth, who speaks candidly about her personal and professional struggles, including the toll of working weekends for 11 years. "I'm going to cry. Oh my God," says in the segment, tearing up. "In this industry what I've found is you get to be in the bright lights, you know, here you have this amazing career and people think you're a multi-millionaire, you're so lucky, but do you want to put my shoes on guys?" Jaggernauth alleges none of her supervisors reached out at the time. The complaint says the treatment Jaggernauth faced led her to suffer 'a breakdown' during Bell Let's Talk Day while live on the air. In the segment, posted to YouTube by CP24, five hosts open up about their mental health. (CP24/YouTube) 'I'm walking away and I will persevere' It wasn't until two weeks later when she reached out to her manager for help that a therapist was offered, she says. Ineligible for therapy through a benefits plan, Jaggernauth says she was finally offered a Bell-recommended therapist, but ultimately says she didn't feel safe with the arrangement and declined the help. The complaint says Jaggernauth had repeated conversations with management about her concerns at Bell — concerns she says were not taken seriously. Among those she spoke to were Melling and the company's president, "however her complaints were sidelined," according to the complaint. Firing of Lisa LaFlamme sends discouraging message to young journalists, experts say Bell Media employees are part of a union, however given settlements between employers and unions are often kept secret through non-disclosure agreements, Jaggernauth says she felt a human rights complaint was the best way forward. A complaint at the commission can not only result in payment of denied wages but also monetary damages for alleged discrimination. It can also force policy changes such as pay equity, says Jaggernauth's lawyer Kathryn Marshall of the firm Levitt Sheikh. Jaggernauth says for her, the complaint goes beyond money — it's also about demanding change for women who look like her in the industry and for women overall. As for her next steps, she says, "I came from hardship. I persevered. I started this career with hardship and I persevered, and I'm walking away and I will persevere." ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shanifa Nasser Reporter-Editor Shanifa Nasser is a Toronto-based reporter with CBC News interested in religion, race, national security, the justice system and stories with a heartbeat. She holds an MA in the Study of Religion from the University of Toronto. Her reporting has led to two investigative documentaries by The Fifth Estate. Reach her at: shanifa.nasser@cbc.ca Follow Shanifa Nasser on Twitter With files from Angelina King CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices https://patriciajtv.com/ PATRICIA JAGGERNAUTH is a media JUGGERNAUT! More about Patricia, the media juggernaut: With a career of more than 20 years as a professional television host & media heavy weight, Patricia Jaggernauth is an EMMY Award Winning & Canadian award winning personality who is celebrated across North America as an exuberant storyteller of LIVE television. Most notably seen on CP24, Toronto’s Breaking News, working with Toronto #1 news team and #1 morning show across Canada, on CP24 Breakfast as a beloved co-host, LIVE EYE/remote host, weather specialist & special presentation host (lead host of the star studded Caribbean Carnival for 9 Years, St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Pride Parade) broadcasting to millions across the region. Patricia also frequents CTV's Your Morning as Co-Host & Weather Presenter broadcasting nationally across Canada as well as CTV Toronto as Weather Specialist broacasting to millions of Canadians. Patricia also adds E! News and NBC to her resume having co-hosted the daytime talk show “E! Daily POP” LIVE from Los Angeles, California. Patricia has also appeared on BBC WORLD NEWS & PBS NEWS to an audience of more than 110 million, LIVE! Patricia is the host & executive producer of “The Patricia J Show” seen across Canada on demand on Bell Fibe TV1 and internationally online. Patricia invites celebrities, professional athletes and social icons to share stories of struggle, inspiration and special moments. Her trending hashtag #REALTALKREALCONVERSATION is the essence of her brand and has brought all conversation back to being REAL! As the most followed & recognized television personality at CP24, CTV (Canada’s #1 Network) and Bell Media studios, Patricia has now become one of the most followed television personalities in Canadian television with more than 500 thousand accumulated social media followers across all social media platforms – 381 thousand on Instagram alone! Patricia frequents the stage as a highly requested LIVE event host, hosting a plethora of events across North America of all genres to crowds in the thousands. Patricia hosts close to 25 live events per year! Patricia's IG talk series: "LIVE WITH PJ" is available *exclusively* on Patricia's IGTV and IG LIVE. With "REAL TALK, REAL CONVERSATION", the platform was created during COVID-19 and the BLM movement to provide a space to have powerful and uplifting conversations. The show has seen hundreds of thousands of viewers thus far, both LIVE and on IGTV, with interviews from highly notable guests including political heavyweights, advocates, notable television personalities, business moguls, Grammy Award Winning musicians, world class photographers and celebrities, ALL of which are friends and supporters of Patricia! This show is a true HIT and fan favourite! She is also the CEO & Creative Director of www.PJGLAMGIRL.com, an online glam fashion boutique created by Patricia Jaggernauth herself. As national spokesperson for arrive alive DRIVE SOBER for more than 8 years strong with a clear mission to eliminate impaired driving in Ontario and across the nation, she currently can been seen and heard singing her national 30 second tv + radio public service announcement which plays on high rotation. Her original song: "Arrive Alive” was produced by Universal Music Canada. Patricia is the President & CEO of PJ11 ENTERTAINMENT LTD. producing talk shows, web series, reality tv, social media campaigns and events across North America. Patricia has her O-1B USA WORK VISA and is available for immediate hire in both the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, EUROPE & CANADA. *Contact Patricia* Bookings, Inquiries & Personal Messages RE My reply to your Tweet David Raymond Amos @DavidRaymondAm1 Replying to @Patricia_J Perhaps we should talk 12:02 PM · Oct 8, 2022 Here is a scoop for a Freelance Journalist Ask yourself why Lisa LaFlamme et al are still playing dumb after two months https://davidraymondamos3. Monday, 15 August 2022 Lisa LaFlamme 'blindsided' by cancellation of contract with CTV ---------- Original message ---------- From: "Sachedina, Omar" <Omar.Sachedina@bellmedia.ca> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 20:36:08 +0000 Subject: Automatic reply: [EXT]Perhaps Lisa LaFlamme and I should talk EH Katie??? To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail. Thank you for your message. I am away until November 1st with intermittent access to email. If your matter is urgent, please call the CTV National News Assignment Desk at 416-384-7400. Better yet ask yourself why the News Anchor in the Maritimes had no clue what I was talking about even though his corporate lawyers took over 3 days to print my documents after I ran for a seat in Parliament the first time which was over 2 years after W5 asked me for more info about my lawsuits in the USA in 2002 https://www.youtube.com/watch? Me,Myself and I 393 views Apr 2, 2013 45 subscribers ----- Original Message ----- From: martine.turcotte@bell.ca To: motomaniac_02186@hotmail.com Cc: bcecomms@bce.ca ; W-Five@ctv.ca Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:28 AM Subject: RE: I am curious Mr. Amos, I confirm that I have received your documentation. There is no need to send us a hard copy. As you have said yourself, the documentation is very voluminous and after 3 days, we are still in the process of printing it. I have asked one of my lawyers to review it in my absence and report back to me upon my return in the office. We will then provide you with a reply. Martine Turcotte Chief Legal Officer / Chef principal du service juridique BCE Inc. / Bell Canada 1000 de La Gauchetière ouest, bureau 3700 Montréal (Qc) H3B 4Y7 Tel: (514) 870-4637 Fax: (514) 870-4877 email: martine.turcotte@bell.ca Executive Assistant / Assistante à la haute direction: Diane Valade Tel: (514) 870-4638 email: diane.valade@bell.ca Trust that I have lots to tell about CBC and why they write about you and Laflamme but ever about my actions and concerns Thank you for your personal inquiry to Patricia! PJ and/or a member of her team will get back to you as soon ask possible! https://www.canadianlawlist. Kathryn Marshall Called to the bar: 2013 (BC); 2015 (ON) Levitt LLP Partner 130 Adelaide St. W., Ste. 801 Toronto, Ontario M5H 3P5 Phone: 416-594-3900 Fax: 416-597-3396 Email: kmarshall@levittllp.com Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to Phillipe Gauvin (Bell Canada)Ottawa, 9 February 2023 Reference(s): 8740-B2-202209908 BY EMAIL Philippe Gauvin Subject: Bell Canada Tariff Notice 7661 – Introduction of Internet Protocol Collection Service Philippe Gauvin: On 15 December 2022, the Commission received an application from Bell Canada, under Tariff Notice (TN) 7661 in which the company proposed changes to Bell Canada’s General Tariff CRTC 6716 to introduce Item 4625 – Internet Protocol (IP) Collection Service. Paragraph 28(1) (a) of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure provides that the Commission may require parties to file information or documents where needed. Bell Canada is requested to provide comprehensive answers, including rationale and any supporting information, to the attached questions by 23 February 2023. As set out in section 39 of the Telecommunications Act and in Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-961, Procedures for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure in Commission proceedings, persons may designate certain information as confidential. A person designating information as confidential must provide a detailed explanation on why the relevant information qualifies for designation as confidential and why its disclosure would not be in the public interest, including why the specific direct harm that would be likely to result from the disclosure would outweigh the public interest in disclosure. Furthermore, a person designating information as confidential must either file an abridged version of the document omitting only the information designated as confidential or provide reasons why an abridged version cannot be filed. Where a document is to be filed or served by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely sent, by that date. The Commission requires the response or other documents to be submitted electronically by using the secured service “My CRTC Account” (Partner Log In or GCKey) and filling the “Telecom Cover page” located on this web page. Yours sincerely, Original signed by Michel Murray Attach. (1) Request for Information
“The costs associated with network address translator, and data encapsulation equipment and aggregation switches were developed based on explicit actual unit cost.”
Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to Philippe Gauvin (Bell Canada)Ottawa, 15 June 2023 Our reference: 8621-C12-01/08 BY EMAIL Philippe Gauvin Subject: Request for Information regarding Bell Canada’s temporary embargo for NG9-1-1 Onboarding and Go-Live Activities Dear Philippe Gauvin, On 10 March 2023, in a letter accompanying Bell Canada’s (Bell) monthly NG9-1-1 Originating Network Provider Onboarding and Migration progress report for February 2023, Bell notified Commission staff that it had implemented a temporary embargo on NG9-1-1 onboarding efforts associated with NG9-1-1 network changes and Go-Live activities, with an expectation that it would be lifted in time for the April 2023 reporting period. On 11 April 2023, in a letter accompanying Bell’s progress report for March 2023, Bell indicated that the temporary embargo was still in effect. On 2 May 2023, Commission staff received an email from Bell Canada indicating that the temporary embargo had been lifted on 1 May 2023. In order to better understand the purpose and reasoning of Bell Canada’s temporary embargo as well as to gain better insight into any impacts incurred or expected, Commission staff requests that Bell Canada provide comprehensive answers to the questions set out in the attachment, including rationale and any supporting information, by 26 June 2023. This letter and any subsequent correspondence will be publicly accessible. As set out in section 39 of the Telecommunications Act and in Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-961, Procedures for filing confidential information and requesting its disclosure in Commission proceedings, Bell Canada may designate certain information as confidential though must provide a detailed explanation on why the designated information is confidential and why its disclosure would not be in the public interest, including why the specific direct harm that would be likely to result from the disclosure would outweigh the public interest in disclosure. Furthermore, should Bell Canada designate information as confidential, it must either file an abridged version of the document omitting only the information designated as confidential or provide reasons why an abridged version cannot be filed. Where a document is to be filed by a specific date, the document must be actually received, not merely sent, by that date. The Commission requires all documents to be submitted electronically by using the secured service “My CRTC Account” Partner Log In or GCKey and filing the “Telecom Cover Page” located on that web page. Sincerely, Original signed by Michel Murray c.c.: Etienne Robelin, Manager, Emergency Services Policy, CRTC (etienne.robelin@crtc.gc.ca)
Anthony McIntyreAnthony McIntyre works as General Counsel & Deputy Executive Director for Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.Anthony can be reached at 613-716-8046 Michel MurrayMichel Murray works as Director, Dispute Resolution & Regulatory Implementation for Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.Michel can be reached at 819-639-9790
Étienne RobelinÉtienne Robelin works as Manager, Emergency Services Policy for Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.Étienne can be reached at 873-354-4325 Attach. (1) Request for InformationIn its 10 March 2023 letter, Bell Canada stated that it had “implemented a temporary embargo on continued NG9-1-1 onboarding efforts associated with NG9-1-1 network changes and “go-live” activities,” andthat it expected “that the embargo will be lifted in time for polling to resume for the April 2023 reporting period.” Staff received notice on 2 May 2023 that the embargo had been lifted. Given this, please answer the following:
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12-Month Lobbying Summary - In-house Corporation
Bell Canada / MIRKO BIBIC, President and CEO
Active
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Last Updated:
2024-01-12
Who is lobbying?
Bell Canada (Address & business activities)
Received government funding or funding expected in current financial year
YesBusiness Relationships
Bell Canada is a subsidiary of the following parent companies
- BCE Inc. (Address information)
Beneficiaries of the Lobbying Activity
Bell Canada has the following subsidiaries that could have a direct interest in the outcome of the undertaking
- Bell ExpressVu (Address information)
- Bell Media and its Media Affiliates (Address information)
- Bell Mobility (Address information)
- Bimcor Inc. (Address information)
- Environics Analytics (Address information)
- FX Innovation (Address information)
- NorthernTel (Address information)
- Northwestel (Address information)
- Telebec (Address information)
- The Source/La Source (Address information)
What is being lobbied?
Subject Matters
- Arts and Culture
- Broadcasting
- Budget
- Consumer Issues
- Government Procurement
- Industry
- Infrastructure
- Intellectual Property
- International Trade
- Justice and Law Enforcement
- Labour
- National Security/Security
- Pensions
- Privacy and Access to Information
- Regional Development
- Research and Development
- Science and Technology
- Small Business
- Taxation and Finance
- Telecommunications
Subject Matter Details
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Act respecting online communications platforms that make news content available to persons in Canada
- An Act to enact the Consumer Privacy Protection Act and the Personal Information and Date Protection Tribunal Act
- Bills related to lawful access obligations that will have a direct impact on the Company from a financial and operational perspective, as well as impact on Bell customers from a privacy perspective, and with respect to obligations imposed on carriers with respect to intercept and subscriber information.
- Copyright Act amendments affecting internet service providers and broadcasting distribution undertakings and broadcasting programming undertakings
- Legislation focused on critical infrastructure and cyber security
- Potential Amendments to the Broadcast Act and Telecommunications Act as per legislative review.
- Potential Amendments to the Broadcasting Act, with respect to streamlining regulation of broadcasting industry.
- Proposing amendments pursuant to Income Tax Act concerning Capital Cost Allowance deductions and concerning electronic commerce
- Regulatory modernization legislation to reduce the regulatory burden faced by businesses.
- Replacement Worker Legislation - legislation that bans replacement workers during a labour dispute hindering our ability to operate our networks and serve our customers
- The Comprehensive Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), provisions related to copyright, culture, telecommunications and broadcasting.
- The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), provisions related to copyright, culture, telecommunications and broadcasting.
Policies or Program
- Broadcasting Policies Relating to Commercial Radio
- Broadcasting Policies Relating to Conventional Television
- Broadcasting Policies Relating to Specialty and Pay Television
- Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) labour force -- policies related to increasing the talent supply in Canada
- Policies Relating to Broadcasting Distribution Undertakings with regard to the terms of carriage of our services by terrestrial and satellite television distributors
- Policies related to cyber security and the disruption of critical infrastructure
- Policies relating to signal piracy, and copyright infringement
- Procurement - as a supplier to the Government of Canada, Bell engages in discussions related to best practices and reducing costs in procurement associated with end user devices, networks, support services and solutions.
- Proposed government broadband programs related to rural deployment and affordable internet.
- Spectrum policy framework with respect to technological and financial implications of government policies.
- The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), provisions related to copyright, culture, telecommunications and broadcasting.
Regulation
- Broadcasting Licence Fee Regulations, 1997 under section 11 of the Broadcasting Act.
- Pension plan regulations with regard to their impact on the solvency funding and other requirements for Bell as a plan sponsor
- Regulatory modernization focused on supporting innovation and business investment to make the Canadian regulatory system more agile, transparent and responsive.
- Regulatory modernization of the Canada Labour Code.
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Subject matter details in previous versions
Who is being lobbied?
Government Institutions
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC)
- Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
- Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
- Canadian Heritage (PCH)
- Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
- Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
- Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
- Canadian Space Agency (CSA)
- Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
- Competition Tribunal (CT)
- Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
- Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
- Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
- Finance Canada (FIN)
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
- Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Health Canada (HC)
- House of Commons
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
- Infrastructure Canada (INFC)
- Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- National Capital Commission (NCC)
- National Defence (DND)
- Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
- Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Privy Council Office (PCO)
- Public Safety Canada (PS)
- Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
- Rural Economic Development (Minister’s Office)
- Senate of Canada
- Shared Services Canada (SSC)
- Transport Canada (TC)
- Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
- Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)
Communication techniques
Communication techniques that have been used or are expected to be used in the course of the undertaking:
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Grass-roots communication
- Arrange one or more meetings
Who are the lobbyists?
Senior Officers whose lobbying activities represent less than 20% of their Duties
- MIRKO BIBIC, President and CEO | No public offices held
- Sean Cohan, President, Bell Media | No public offices held
- Stephen Howe, Chief Technology and Information Officer | No public offices held
- Blaik Kirby, Group President, Consumer and Small and Medium Business | No public offices held
- Glen LeBlanc, Vice Chair, Atlantic Canada | No public offices held
- Robert Malcolmson, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer | No public offices held
- Curtis Millen, Chief Financial Officer | No public offices held
- Nikki Moffat, Chief Human Resources Officer and EVP Corporate Services | No public offices held
- Karine Moses, Senior Vice President, Content Development and News and Vice Chair, Québec | No public offices held
- John Watson, Group President, Customer Experience | No public offices held
Senior Officers and Employees whose lobbying activities represent 20% or more of their Duties
- Michele Austin, Vice President, Public Affairs | Designated public offices held
- Isabelle Boulet, Senior Manager, Government Affairs | No public offices held
- Simon Dwyer, Director-Government Affairs | Public offices held
- Charles Gosselin, Director, Government Affairs | No public offices held
- Maggie Papoulias, Director, Government Affairs | Public offices held
- Andrew Parkinson, Senior Advisor of Government Affairs | No public offices held
- Pierre Rodrigue, Vice-President Quebec Affairs | No public offices held
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Lobbyists in previous versions
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