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UPDATE: Ottawa rumour mill buzzes over new chair

AS WE MOVE INTO FALL, it's getting closer and closer to the end of Charles Dalfen's term as chairman of the CRTC. His busy term expires at the end of the calendar year and he will apparently not be offered a second term. According to a well-placed source in Ottawa, Dalfen was offered a one-year extension but he declined, asking the government to grant him another full five-year term or not at all. So, who's going to sit in the top chair at the Commission? Names that have been making the rounds among Ottawa communications types – and their regulatory...