ACTRA, CEP, Friends throw support behind Public Mobile's suit against Globalive

OTTAWA - A coalition of Canadian cultural organizations announced Thursday that they want intervenor status in an application to the Federal Court for judicial review of the federal government's decision to licence wireless telecom Globalive.The application, made jointly by ACTRA, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP), and Friends of Canadian Broadcasting ,was to be considered by the Federal Court in a hearing on Thursday morning in Ottawa.The group is seeking leave to intervene in the case brought against the federal government by fellow wireless startup Public Mobile that is arguing that the federal government cannot excuse Globalive from...