OTTAWA – So much for all the speculation on who will replace CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein when his term expires on January 24, 2012.
While many have guessed (including us) at who it may be, and many in power have some ideas on who would make a good chair, the federal government has not yet officially begun to look, said Heritage Minister James Moore Tuesday in Ottawa.
Speaking to reporters after his speech at the 2011 International Institute of Communications Canadian conference, Moore didn’t have much to say on who might be appointed chair, or when. “We’ll be announcing the process of that very soon. It will be similar to the processes we’ve used in the past for CRTC and other high profile positions such as this,” he said.
Before the end of the year, he was asked? “Soon,” was the response.
Does that mean there will be an interim chair appointed, since timing is now pretty tight, we asked? “We’ll announce the process soon,” was the answer.
While a few folks we talked to at the IIC said they expected the government to make the details of the CRTC chair search and hiring process public as early as next week, we’ll just figure “soon” is a good enough answer for now…
– Greg O’Brien
