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Cartt.ca Interview: Ten minutes with Jean-Pierre Blais; does he want to stay?

AFTER HIS SPEECH TO IIC Canada Wednesday afternoon in Ottawa, we sat down with CRTC chairman Jean-Pierre Blais for a quick chat about his talk – and a few other things.What follows is an edited transcript, lightly edited for clarityGreg O’Brien: That was an aggressive speech, from my point of view. Was that a goodbye?Jean-Pierre Blais: No, I don’t think it’s a goodbye. I said what we would be doing and I was taking stock of where we were at, four years later.GOB: Are you looking to be renewed (as CRTC chairman)?JPB: That’s not my decision, you know that. I...