Like older specialty television services licensed prior to digital channel capacity expansion, Category 1 channels are protected as to format. They have been licensed to broadcast within defined formats which are not provided by or overly close to existing protected channels, and Category 1 formats are protected themselves from close direct competition from Category 2 channels, the junior category of digital channels which was introduced at the same time. Category 2 channels are Canadian television channels defined by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission which may be carried, optionally, by all digital cable television and direct broadcast satellite providers. ...
It is expected that most or all Canadian cable and satellite specialty channels will henceforth be licensed as Category 2 channels.
Canada is the largest country in the Western Hemisphere, with a land area of 10 million km2.
In Canada, communicable diseases considered to be of particular public health importance are Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, blood-borne pathogens such as hepatitis B and C, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus, antimicrobial-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae, nosocomial infections, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, waterborne enteric diseases, measles, hantavirus, acute flaccid paralysis, congenital rubella syndrome, and HIV/AIDS.
Canada’s hospitals are highly autonomous of the federal and provincial governments, with the provincial role limited to broad planning functions, funding, and capital budgeting.
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