PIAC vows to boycott CRTC’s "terrible" Internet code proceeding

OTTAWA - The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) says that it will opt out of the CRTC’s Internet Code proceeding after the Commission denied its request for more time and for revisions to the proposed procedure.In a request dated the day after the CRTC issued its call for comments on setting a code of conduct for Internet service providers, the consumer group asked that the proceeding's timelines be pushed back to March after noting that the deadlines overlap with several other proceedings that it says involve many or all of the parties who typically participate in CRTC telecommunications proceedings.“The major related proceeding...