What is Industry Canadas view on using LPFM for emergency broadcasting purposes?
A. As the radio frequency spectrum manager, Industry Canada has a role to play in facilitating emergency telecommunications and is prepared to work with emergency organizations during an emergency to streamline authorization and give access to radio spectrum as soon as possible. However, Industry Canada is not prepared to give blanket exemption to VLPFM or LPFM broadcasting transmitters for the reasons given above. The conditions under which public emergency radio undertakings are exempted by the CRTC are listed in the CRTC Broadcasting Exemption Order 2000-11. Industry Canada encourages emergency broadcasting in cooperation with local broadcasters wherever they are present, from both the spectrum management and the emergency preparedness perspectives. Local broadcast stations have large coverage areas, available expertise, and the general public expects to obtain information from them when an emergency situation occurs. Built-in redundancy is ensured by the fact that there are multipl
