Broadcasting Distribution Regulations

9.1 (1) A licensee that is distributing programming services of a licensed programming undertaking or that is negotiating terms of carriage with such an undertaking, or with an undertaking otherwise authorized to operate by reason of a Commission decision approving the issuance of a licence under paragraph 9(1)(b) of the Act, for its programming services, including new programming services, shall sign and provide to the other licensee or to the operator of the undertaking otherwise authorized an agreement that

• (a) reproduces the non-disclosure provisions; and

• (b) contains its consent to comply with the non-disclosure provisions for the benefit of the other licensee or the operator of the undertaking.

(2) A licensee that is distributing an exempt Category B service or an exempt third-language service of an exempt programming undertaking or that is negotiating terms of carriage with an exempt programming undertaking for an exempt Category B service or an exempt third-language service, including any new programming service that is an exempt Category B service or an exempt third-language service, shall sign and provide to the operator of the exempt programming undertaking an agreement that

• (a) reproduces the non-disclosure provisions; and

• (b) contains its consent to comply with the non-disclosure provisions for the benefit of the operator of the exempt programming undertaking.

(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the non-disclosure provisions are those provisions set out in the Appendix to Broadcasting Regulatory Policy CRTC 2013-578, dated October 31, 2013 and entitled Standard clauses for non-disclosure agreements.