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COMMENTARY: The federal government has helped, not hindered, the CRTC


Von Finckenstein rebuts MenziesIN THE JULY 3 EDITION of the Report on Business, former vice-chair of telecom Peter Menzies wrote he believes Ottawa has given the CRTC conflicting directives which will result in a tough road for the current Commission chair, Ian Scott.I see the issue differently. The federal government has actually issued two helpful directives.First, the previous government under former Industry Minister Maxime Bernier issued a directive in 2006 putting the emphasis on competition and directing the CRTC, when regulating, to maximize competition in the telecom sector. Now, under ISED Minister Navdeep Bains, today’s government  issued another directive putting...