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CAB Day Three: Dalfen’s denouement

VANCOUVER – CRTC chairman Charles Dalfen spoke to the broadcast industry for the last time on Friday in his position as chair, from which he steps down as of December 31st. He was given a rousing standing ovation after his speech to the Canadian Association of Broadcasters convention, which touched upon the highlights of his five years at the helm of the Commission. Given the tectonic shifts in the media landscape during Dalfen's tenure as head of the CRTC, few broadcasters envied his position as the regulator struggled to make Acts written in another time fit today's media age. He...