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Traversy to take over for retiring Morin as CRTC secretary general

GATINEAU – John Traversy, the CRTC’s executive director, telecommunications, has been named the next Secretary General of the CRTC, Cartt.ca has learned, replacing Robert Morin, who is retiring.In a short note to staff, CRTC chairman Konrad von Finckenstein let the folks at the Commission know that a notice tomorrow on the federal government’s public service staffing web site will note Traversy’s promotion after “a recent competitive process,” wrote the chair. “The appointment cannot be made officially until next Thursday the 25th, but since you will all see the announcement on the web site, I thought I would advise you now...