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CRTC will no longer publish notices of consultation for licence renewals


OTTAWA-GATINEAU — The CRTC is amending its Rules of Practice and Procedure to remove the requirement to publish notices of consultation for broadcast licence renewal applications. The amendments also take into account amendments made to the Telecommunications Act and clarify that the Rules of Procedure do not apply to the Canadian anti-spam legislation.These amendments will be published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, and will come into force on the date of their registration, the CRTC said in its Broadcasting and Telecom Regulatory Policy CRTC 2015-357 decision on Thursday.The proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure would make the following...