TPIA: Supreme Court must reject leave to appeal, say independents

Not of national importance By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA - The Competitive Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) and TekSavvy say the incumbent telecoms have not demonstrated a case of national or public importance to be tried at the Supreme Court of Canada after applying for a review of the wholesale internet rate case. In September, the incumbents' appeal to the Federal Court level challenging how the CRTC came to its August 2019 decision to chop the final wholesale rate, which determines how much third-party internet service providers pay to buy space on the incumbents’ networks, was dismissed. Among the incumbents’ complaints was...