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CRTC cost award delays could lead to PIAC shutdown, group says

News | 11/10/2017 5:24 pm EST
PIAC executive director John Lawford (third from right), seated among members of the Affordable Access Coalition during the basic services hearing on April 14, 2016./ Screenshot via CPAC.

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is in danger of having to close up shop, and its executive director is laying the blame for the situation in which the consumer advocacy organization finds itself squarely at the CRTC’s feet.

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