Consumer groups demand affordability fund

File CRTC application to review and vary Basic Service Objective decisionGATINEAU – Three consumer groups filed an application with the CRTC asking it to review and vary its much ballyhooed basic service objective decision – one which make access to broadband a fundamental part of telecom service to Canadians.ACORN Canada, the National Pensioners Federation, and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre say the Commission must alter Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2016-496, Modern telecommunications services – The path forward for Canada’s digital economy because the new policy does not establish an affordability funding mechanism for low-income telecommunications users.The filing says the groups...