New Act, new Commission powers over spectrum required, says von Finckenstein

OTTAWA – Two acts and three regulators overseeing the Canadian communications world just don’t make sense any more, according to the chairman of the CRTC.With the differences between what’s a cable operator and what’s a telco nearly gone, from a services provided perspective, and the trend towards distributor-content owner consolidation continuing, maintaining the legislative differences between the various communications companies in Canada no longer makes any sense, says CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein.“The current piecemeal approach is outdated and no longer up to the task,’ the chairman said Friday during the Law Society of Upper Canada’s biennial conference on communications...