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Accession

1. Cable Public Affairs Channel fonds [moving images] (1999-00060-9)
2. Cable Public Affairs Channel fonds [moving images] (1999-01233-X)
3. Cable Public Affairs Channel fonds [moving images] (1999-01239-9)
4. Cable Public Affairs Channel fonds [moving images] (2001-00070-7)
5. Cable Public Affairs Channel fonds [moving images] (2003-00274-X)
6. Cable Public Affairs Channel fonds [moving images] (2011-00027-0)

Date(s)

1993-2001

Place of creation

Canada

Extent

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Fonds consists of a selection of programming produced by the Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) from 1993 to 2005. CPAC programming includes unedited coverage of: the proceedings of the House of Commons and selected standing committees; public affairs programming from Parliamentary proceedings and Supreme Court cases; scrums; Royal Commissions and Commissions of Inquiry; election coverage; Governor General's initiatives; conferences, think-tanks and university symposia; proceedings of provincial legislatures; speeches by national and international decision-makers and opinion leaders; Government Task Force consultations and regulatory agency proceedings; street interviews with Canadians regarding matters of the day. Highlights include coverage of the 1995 referendum in Quebec and the Somalia and Krever Inquiries.

Conditions of access

Terms of use

Reproduction and use in any form requires the written permission of CPAC, the copyright holder.

Finding aid

Refer to MINISIS for item-level descriptions. (Electronic)

Creator / Provenance

Cable Public Affairs Channel.

Additional name(s)

Chaîne d'affaires publiques par câble.

Biography / Administrative history

The Cable Public Affairs Channel (CPAC) was initially formed by the cable industry in 1988 as an experimental service whose primary mandate was to carry coverage from the House of Commons. The service was originally named the Cable Parliamentary Channel. On October 1 1996 a new image and name was launched. Renamed the Cable Public Affairs Channel (la Chaîne d'affaires publiques par câble), the service broadened its scope to broadcast more public affairs programming in addition to live parliamentary debates. CPAC web site, discussions with CPAC staff.

Additional information

Source

Private

Related control no.

1. 1999-0018 VSA
2. 2000-0009 VSA
3. 2000-0010 VSA
4. 2001-0183 VSA
5. 2003-0100 VSA
6. 2007-0008 VSA
7. 2007-0009 VSA
8. 2011-0043 VSA
9. 1999-00060-9
10. 1999-01233-X
11. 1999-01239-9
12. 2001-00070-7
13. 2003-00274-X
14. 2006-00593-6
15. 2006-00594-4
16. 2011-00027-0
17. 2011-00034-3

MIKAN no.

190618