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Senators criticize makeup of comms acts review expert panel

News | 10/04/2018 12:55 pm EDT
Hill Times file photo of Sen. David Tkachuk, who raised regional representation as an issue at a committee studying modernization of the broadcast and telecom acts.

OTTAWA Two senators on the Senate transport and communications committee raised concerns to federal bureaucrats testifying Wednesday night that the Liberal government’s expert panel tapped to review the country’s communications laws isn’t diverse enough in its makeup.

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