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REPORT
CLERK'S DEPARTMENT
Meeting: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
Date: February 3, 2003
Report #: CLD-06-03
File#: HII-
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By-law #:
Subject:
EXPANSION OF LOCAL CALLING CAPABILITY
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended to Council the following:
1. THAT Report CLD-06-03 be received;
2. THAT Bell Canada be requested to expand the local calling capability to include all
exchanges within the Municipality of Clarington;
3. THAT the Regional Municipality of Durham be requested to endorse the Municipality of
Clarington's request to Bell Canada; and
4. THAT Bell Canada be advised of Council's decision.
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Submitted by:
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Reviewed by: Franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer
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CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
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REPORT NO.: CLD-06-03.doc
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BACKGROUND AND COMMENT:
At a meeting held on September 10, 2001, Council passed a resolution requesting Bell
Canada to eliminate any long distance surcharges for calls within the Municipality of
Clarington. This was communicated to Bell Canada who indicated that the Canadian Radio-
television Corporation (CRTC) would be ruling on this matter as it affects many municipalities
in the province due to the numerous amalgamations which have taken place.
The first step in the process is for a Community of Interest to be established. For this to be
established, the existing criteria required a minimum of 60% long distance calling between two
(2) telephone exchanges. Under the new criteria, the CRTC will accept requests from the
appropriate local, municipal or regional governments as evidence of the Community of Interest.
By adopting the recommendations contained within this report, Bell Canada will commence the
necessary process. It is anticipated that the process will take approximately one year to
complete.
During the meeting with Bell Canada, the issue of separating Courtice from the Oshawa
telephone listings was discussed. Bell Canada has sold the telephone books to Actimedia and
are therefore not looking after the listings any longer. This matter will be followed up with a
representative of Actimedia and reported on at a later date.
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