CCSA 2008: Commission makes its presence felt

MONT TREMBLANT – Seven CRTC commissioners made the trip to Mont Tremblant this week to attend the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance annual general meeting and conference. Besides keynote speaker Michel Arpin, who is vice-chair, broadcasting, and telecom vice-chair Leonard Katz, commissioners Rita Cugini, Timothy Denton, Suzanne Lamarre, Marc Patrone and Louise Poirier were all on hand – as was executive director, broadcasting, Scott Hutton. “As a matter of fact we have quorum to make decisions,” joked Arpin in his speech to delegates. He addressed a number of issues but didn’t say too much that was new in his 20-plus minutes...