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CPAC to broadcast Senate chamber proceedings on TV and online

OTTAWA, March 14, 2019 – The Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) is pleased to announce that starting next week, it will begin carrying gavel-to-gavel broadcasts of Senate Chamber proceedings on CPAC TV and on www.cpac.ca.

Senate proceedings will be available live on CPAC’s website at www.cpac.ca and on a tape-delayed basis on CPAC TV the next business day. CPAC will also make the Senate’s Question Period available on its website on-demand and continue to offer live and on-demand access to Senate Committees.

The announcement follows the Senate’s decision to televise proceedings for the first time in its history.

“At CPAC, we are very passionate about providing access to the people and processes that shape our country so that Canadians can become even more informed and engaged citizens,” said Catherine Cano, President and General Manager of CPAC. “We are extremely proud to be able to offer Senate proceedings on CPAC TV and CPAC.ca.”

“For 26 years, Rogers, Shaw, Vidéotron, Cogeco, Access and EastLink have offered a window on Canadian democracy,” said Serge Sasseville, Senior Vice President, Corporate and Institutional Affairs with Québecor and Chair of the Board of Directors of CPAC. “By adding Senate proceedings to our offering, we are today opening that window even further. We are very proud of how CPAC enhances the Canadian television and digital landscape and we believe very strongly in the importance of this institution.”

About CPAC

CPAC is a commercial-free, not-for-profit, bilingual television service providing a window on Canadian politics and public affairs. CPAC is owned by a consortium of Canadian cable companies, namely Rogers, Shaw, Videotron, Cogeco, Eastlink and Access Communications, who have invested more than $50 million to create and preserve this editorially independent voice. CPAC is available across Canada on basic cable and satellite, on the web at cpac.ca and on the CPAC TV 2 GO mobile app.

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For more information: Marie-Josée Lapointe [email protected] / (613) 667-0012

David Lauer [email protected] / 613-415-5017