**Exhibit 12.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

I, John I. Bitove, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CanadianSatellite Holdings Inc. (the ”Company”), certify that:

 

1.             Ihave reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of the Company;

 

2.                                       Based on myknowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material factor omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, inlight of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.                                       Based on myknowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information includedin this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company as of, and for,the periods presented in this report;

 

4.                                       The Company’sother certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing andmaintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company and have:

 

(a)                                  Designed suchdisclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries,is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during theperiod in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)**                                 [omittedpursuant to the guidance of Commission Releases Nos.33-8238 (June 5, 2003)and 33-8618 (September 22, 2005)]**;

 

(c)                                  Evaluated theeffectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presentedin this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this reportbased on such evaluation; and

 

(d)                                 Disclosed in thisreport any change in the Company’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during the period covered by the annual report that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’sinternal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.                                       The Company’sother certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Company’sauditors and the audit committee of the Company’s board of directors(or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)                                  All significantdeficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internalcontrol over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financialinformation; and

 

(b)                                 Any fraud, whether ornot material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 
| Date:  | November 26, 2007                           |
|--------|---------------------------------------------|
| By:    | /s/ JOHN I. BITOVE                          |   |
|   |                                        |
|   | Name: John I. Bitove                        |
|   | Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |

 

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