OTTAWA-GATINEAU – Ian Scott, vice-president of government affairs at Telus, has agreed to participate, for a two year period, in an executive interchange with the Commission, the CRTC announced Friday.
Effective October 1st, Ian will become Chief Policy Advisor to the Chairman on strategic issues such as the CRTC’s role on the international scene and its new approach to regulatory convergence. Scott’s agreement with the Commission is governed by the terms of the Interchange Canada Program and the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Service.
Scott had been with the Commission from 1990 to 1994, where he was a senior advisor in the Telecommunications branch. Prior to that, he worked at the Competition Bureau between 1985 and 1990. Upon leaving the Commission, he worked in the private sector with the Canadian Cable Television Association, Call-Net and Telus.
“Ian brings a wealth of experience in both the public and the private sectors that will benefit the Commission as we make our way through this period of rapid change in the communications industry,” says the announcement.
Consistent with the values and ethics program, Scott will not be involved in files that he worked on at Telus, such as PN 2006-14 – Review of Essential services, Review of Teachers/BCE acquisition, Decision 2007-6 – DNA link charges to CDN facilities, Service Delivery problems in Loon Lake, BC.
