Commission re-opens two year old telecom fee decision

GATINEAU – The CRTC has re-opened – and gone to the Federal Court of Appeal for a ruling about – a decision it made back in November 2006 on levies paid to it by Canadian telecom companies. Back in 2006, telcos Bell Canada and Aliant applied to the CRTC to have the fees they pay to the CRTC reduced or reconsidered, given changes in the overall telecom marketplace and rules they feel should apply to Commission levies. In a public notice issued October 15th, the Commission said “that it appears that: (a) it failed to consider a basic principle which...