OBITUARY: Former CRTC vice-chair Bud Sherman

WINNIPEG – Louis Ralph (Bud) Sherman will be remembered Thursday at a memorial service in Winnipeg after his passing on January 9, 2015 at the age of 88 after a short illness.Sherman was appointed as a CRTC commissioner in 1985 and worked for the Commission for more than 10 years during which time he became vice-chairman of telecommunications in 1987 until his retirement in 1995. According to an obituary in the Winnipeg Free Press, his proudest accomplishment during his time with the CRTC was “the central role he played in work relating to long distance competition in the telephone industry”. CRTC...