New three-year plan
OTTAWA-GATINEAU – The CRTC has released its new three-year plan that includes new basic telecommunications services policy, the Discoverability Summit, and a review of the Wireless Code among its priorities.
Other planned activities include licence renewals for French-language and English-language television services, and an effort to continue to promote and enforce the country’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) and the unsolicited telecommunications rules.
Those initiatives are among the goals that the Commission has outlined for completion during 2016-19 under the pillars of ‘create’, ‘connect’, and ‘protect’, that it says reflect its commitment to “implementing sound management practices and fulfilling its mandate in a transparent and responsible manner”.
“Whether they are at work, at home or at school, communications services are more important than ever in the lives of Canadians”, said CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais, in a statement. “The Three-Year Plan is our commitment to Canadians that we will continue to put them at the centre of our conversations about the future of broadcasting and telecommunications in this country. We encourage Canadians to participate in our proceedings, so that we may ensure their communication system is meeting their needs and interests.”
