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Former CRTC chair Charles Dalfen dies


TORONTO – The past chairman of the CRTC, Charles Dalfen, died suddenly on Tuesday. He was 66. Canadian Press reported today that he had a heart attack. Dalfen was chair of the Commission from 2002 to 2006, and was a well respected broadcast and telecommunications lawyer before and since. We interviewed him on a number of occasions, including early in his final year as chairman. Click here for that interview and read about how little has changed from a regulator's point of view during the past three years.Dalfen was comfortable in the chairman's office but was ambitious from the get-go, rising to...