APF                                  Association de la presse francophone

AJRQ                               Association des journaux régionaux du Québec

APTN                               Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

ARCC                              Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada

AWNA                              Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association

BDU                                 Broadcasting distribution undertaking

DTH BDU                        direct-to-home broadcasting distribution undertaking

CACTUS                         Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations

CBSC                               Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council

CHPC                              Standing Committee on            Canadian Heritage

CMCRP                           Canadian Media Concentration Research Project

CMF                                 Canada Media Fund

CMG                                 Canadian Media Guild

CPF                                  Canada Periodical Fund

CRTC                               Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

CUPE                               Canadian Union of Public Employees

CWTA                              Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association

FCFA                               Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada

FNC                                  Fédération nationale des communications

FPJQ                                Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec

FRPC                               Forum for Research and Policy in Communications

HHI                                   Herfindahl-Hirschman Index

ILNF                                 Independent Local News Fund

ISEDC                              Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada

NCRA                              National Campus and Community Radio Association

NEPMCC                        National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada

OECD                              Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OLMC                               Official language minority communities

PBIT                                 Profit Before Interest and Taxes

PIAC                                 Public Interest Advocacy Centre

PPF                                  Public Policy Forum

PSPC                               Public Services and Procurement Canada

PWGSC                           Public Works and Government Services Canada

QCGN                              Quebec Community Groups Network

QCNA                              Quebec Community Newspapers Association

RTDNA                            Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada