a) Recipients are responsible for the promotion of their project and its activities and objectives within their community or jurisdiction. The recipient will provide, as appropriate, project communications such as: a project web site, print, audiovisual and other communications about the project as it proceeds. The recipient will inform Canada and Ontario of any such promotional communication before it takes place. The recipient will also ensure appropriate mention of the partnership nature of the funds and the contribution of all parties in annual reports, speeches or other opportunities, as appropriate.
b) The recipient is solely responsible for operational communications including calls for tender, construction, and public safety notices. Operational communications as described above are not subject to official language policy. However, in cases where an activity, project, or program receiving financial assistance is national in scope and includes services to the general public of both linguistic communities, both official languages must be used.
c) The recipient will share information promptly with Canada and Ontario on significant emerging media and stakeholder issues relating to the project. Canada and Ontario will advise the recipient, where appropriate, about media inquiries received concerning the project. (For example, joint management questions or serious safety matters.)
d) Canada, Ontario and the recipient (where the recipient is not Ontario) each reserve the right to refer to funding provided under the BCF and the Base Funding Agreement and ReNew Ontario and its successor plans in their own separate, and non-project specific communications. Each party commits to acknowledge the other party's involvement in the project.
e) The recipient will provide, whenever possible, professional quality audio-visual material about the project to Canada and/or Ontario (where Ontario is not the recipient) to support wider communications about funding under the BCF or the Base Funding Agreement and ReNew Ontario and its successor plans.