Commission in turmoil. Court documents reveal deep schisms atop the CRTC

TORONTO and GATINEAU – The way CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais has consolidated power in his office – trying to tell commissioners when and where they can speak and what they can say – runs counter to everything it means to be a CRTC commissioner, says a 57-page affidavit Ontario regional commissioner Raj Shoan has filed with the Federal Court of Canada in support of his application for a judicial review of Blais.As Cartt.ca reported in April, Shoan filed an application for a judicial review after an internal CRTC investigation, performed by a third party, found Shoan harassed CRTC’s executive director,...