Former CRTC commissioner Raj Shoan heads back to court (Update: Appeal dismissed)

By Ahmad Hathout A former CRTC commissioner will go to court on Monday armed with new evidence he says will show why the Federal Court got it wrong when it dismissed his case for judicial review of his second termination from the regulator. Former commissioner of Ontario Balraj Shoan (above) was twice fired by then-Heritage Minister Melanie Joly in 2016 and 2017 for allegations of workplace harassment, engaging in inappropriate stakeholder contact, speaking negatively of the regulator in public, and refusing to respect appropriate access to information policy. Shoan, who was appointed by Heritage to the CRTC in 2013, challenged...