Now's the time for Canada to "press on the accelerator," says RIM founder

GATINEAU – The telecom glitterati (yes, yes, insert your joke here…) graced Gatineau for the Canadian Telecom Hall of Fame annual awards last night at the Museum of Civilization, right across the river from Parliament Hill. Bell Canada president and CEO George Cope (just a FEW people were trying to get a word with him!), CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein, MTS Allstream president and CEO Pierre Blouin, SaskTel CEO Bob Watson, RIM co-founder Mike Lazaridis, Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg, new CWTA head Bernard Lord and former Industry Canada DM Michael Binder were just a few of the over 250 in...