Pelmorex has undertaken a project that would create a national warning system called All Channel Alert (French: Système d'alerte tous canaux), similar to the Emergency Alert System in the United States. The service will provide alerts to participating media outlets, who will then relay the information to their viewers and listeners.
This system was partially approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on February 28, 2007, with conditions; in addition, the CBC and Bell ExpressVu also applied to the CRTC for their own emergency services. On June 11, 2009, the CRTC gave Pelmorex full approval of the service, which will serve to complement efforts set forth by the federal government, as well as provincial and local governments. In correlation to this, the CRTC also ordered all cable and satellite companies to carry both The Weather Network and MétéoMédia on the digital basic tiers -- Bell TV and Shaw Direct already do so; most cable systems already carry one or the other on analog, depending on location.
Pelmorex first issued a proposal for All Channel Alert in 2001, but was denied, due to efforts at the time by local stations, as well as developments by Environment Canada to establish a similar system of its own.
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