Crisis at Rogers: Bell, Telus ask CRTC to delay merger hearing, Rogers wants the requests denied (UPDATED)

Shaw asks CRTC to dismiss requests of “opportunistic proponents of delay” OTTAWA – Bell and Telus both filed letters yesterday with the CRTC supporting the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and National Pensioners Federation’s (PIAC-NPF) procedural request to have the Commission’s public hearings into the broadcasting side of Rogers Communications’s purchase of Shaw Communications delayed. The hearings are scheduled to begin Nov. 22. PIAC-NPF, Bell and Telus all argued there is too much uncertainty around who controls Rogers for the CRTC to conduct fair hearings that protect the public interest. Bell, in its letter, called the situation “unprecedented” and said it...