40 S.C. 128\02 Assembly; adoption by the same Assembly of a resolution calling for the removal of a councillor; adoption of that resolution by the President who then removes the councillor. ICASA is the licensing authority. CANADA The Canadian Broadcasting Industry is governed by The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act and the Broadcasting Act. The broadcasting sector comes under the regulatory authority of Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). The CRTC is constituted in terms of subsections 3 of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission Act. It is constituted by not more than thirteen full-time members and not more than six part-time members all of whom are appointed by the Governor in Council. In terms of the same section a member shall hold office during good behaviour for a term not exceeding five years but may be removed at any time by the Governor in Council for cause. Subsection 7(2) expressly bolsters the independence of the CRTC when it comes to issuing licences. It states that “No order may be made under subsection (1) in respect of the issuance of a licence to a particular person or in respect of the amendment, renewal, suspension or revocation of a particular licence”. What is more, subsection (5) requires that an order to the Commission by the Governor in Council should “be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first fifteen days on which that House is sitting after the making of the order.” The

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