The issue that never seems to go away – access to municipal rights-of-way – is again in front of the CRTC. This time Shaw Communications Inc. is asking the commission, in a Part VII application, to force the District of Maple Ridge in British Columbia to give the communications company access to its highways and other public places according to principles set out in the landmark Ledcor ruling (Telecom decision 2001-23).  

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