Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner okays CRTC chair’s controversial meeting with Bell CEO

TekSavvy will return its complaint to the federal integrity commissioner OTTAWA – The Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner will not initiate an examination into CRTC chair Ian Scott’s alleged bias related to meetings with telecommunications service providers, according to the commissioner’s report on the matter, which was published online today. “It was alleged that Mr. Scott had several meetings with large telecommunication providers while they had open and active files before the CRTC, thereby failing to avoid apparent conflicts of interest in breach of the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector and CRTC practices,”...