CRTC Chair Ian Scott Extended Four Months

OTTAWA -- Ian Scott, the chairman of the CRTC whose five-year term was set to expire this weekend, will stay on as head of the regulator for another four months, a government source confirmed to Cartt.ca. The extension is intended to allow the Heritage Department to continue its search -- which began in May -- for a permanent replacement, a process that is still ongoing, the source said. It will also allow the regulator to maintain some status quo as it deals with a number of big files, including work emanating from bills intended to modernize the CRTC, such as...