Communications Law Conference: CRTC is far from dead, but it is sick, says Bibic

OTTAWA – While the media and telecom world grows exponentially in the digital age, some believe the CRTC may soon become a redundant organization attempting to adapt two Acts written more than 20 years ago while faced with the drumbeat of deregulation in favour of market forces. However, others believe the CRTC is instead growing in influence, inefficiently expanding its powers in ways it shouldn’t be, hindering the telecom and broadcasting businesses and investment in Canada. In presenting a paper to the Law Society of Upper Canada’s New Developments in Communications Law and Policy conference on Thursday, Bell Canada’s SVP...