IT'S A LONG LIST: Three years in, has any other CRTC chair created more work than Jean-Pierre Blais?

By Laurel Hyatt

THIS MONTH’S CRTC DECISION TO regulate wholesale wireless roaming rates is just the latest in a long line of seminal processes and decisions which have come under the tenure of chairman Jean-Pierre Blais.Just about 60% the way through his five-year term, Blais has had to digest major developments in the industry, technology, and political environment—which is pushing for more competition and consumer rights – while dealing with an often-cranky TV and telecom executives trying to steer their ships through the same choppy waters.Here are many of the key CRTC developments since Blais, a lawyer and lifelong bureaucrat, was named the permanent...