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While more involved, Rodriguez’s CRTC letter doesn’t go far enough: consumer advocates
Internet and Governance | 02/08/2023 4:02 pm EST
While the letter from Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez to newly-appointed CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides contains some encouraging language about consumer protection and...
Former industry minister joins Xplornet board
telecom | 01/04/2021 1:45 pm EST
James Moore, who served as industry minister in Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, has joined the board of directors at Xplornet Communications Inc.
The company said in a late-December press release the appointment came into effect on Jan. 1.
Moore served as industry minister from 2013 to 2015, and chose not to run in the 2015 federal election. He is currently a senior business advisor at Dentons and a public policy advisor at the public relations and...
Mixed reaction to budget viewed as long on potential, short on details
Media | 03/23/2017 9:37 pm EDT
For all the focus on the digital economy, there was little in Wednesday’s budget for digital content creators, broadband infrastructure enthusiasts or fans of long-term planning, according to...
James Moore named UNBC chancellor
Media | 11/26/2015 6:16 pm EST
The University of Northern British Columbia said Thursday that former industry minister James Moore has been named its next chancellor. The Prince George, B.C.-based school said in a press release that Moore, who was industry...
Trudeau tells Bains to boost broadband coverage
Media | 11/13/2015 9:34 pm EST
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed Innovation, Science and Economic Development Minister Navdeep Bains to increase “high-speed broadband coverage and work to support competition, choice and availability of...
Quebecor won’t take mobile service national alone: CFO
Media | 09/16/2015 8:47 pm EDT
Quebecor Inc. is not interested in being Canada's fourth national wireless carrier, at least not by itself. That was the message Quebecor chief financial officer Jean-Francois Pruneau gave to a Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce investors' conference held in Montreal Wednesday. While discussing options for using...
Government plans Spectrum Analytics Centre
telecom | 07/15/2015 6:57 pm EDT
The federal government is planning to create a Spectrum Analytics Centre by 2017, according to a new document on Industry Canada's website. The online document, titled Digital Canada 150 2.0, is intended to be an update of Digital Canada 150, which was released in April 2014, Industry Minister James Moore said in a message posted with the document. Moore tweeted a link to the updated plan on Wednesday. It outlines many announcements already made, such as planning another spectrum auction this summer and lowering satellite service fees. It also addresses plans for the new spectrum...
Johanne Bélisle appointed CEO of CIPO
telecom | 06/26/2015 5:58 pm EDT
Industry Minister James Moore announced Friday the appointment of Johanne Bélisle as the next CEO of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO). Bélisle has been the assistant deputy minister for various...
Rogers-Mobilicity deal sign of ‘benign’ regulatory environment: analyst
telecom | 06/24/2015 11:47 am EDT
Industry Canada’s approval of Rogers Communications Inc.’s bid to buy Mobilicity, as well a deal for Rogers to acquire spectrum from Shaw Communications Inc., signals an improvement in the...
Is government easing off on spectrum-transfer policy?
telecom | 06/22/2015 8:59 pm EDT
Speculation that the federal government is poised to approve the acquisition of Mobilicity and its spectrum by Telus Corp. or Rogers Communications Inc. has some observers disagreeing whether this would represent a major departure...
Industry Minister James Moore leaving Ottawa
Media | 06/19/2015 5:53 pm EDT
Industry Minister James Moore said Friday that he will not run in this fall's federal election. Moore said in a statement posted to his personal website that he will finish his term as MP before "going home to British...
Who to lobby on spectrum: Policy Map
telecom | 06/12/2015 2:33 pm EDT
With demand for wireless spectrum on the rise, policy around the finite natural resource in Canada has emerged as a major government file over the last decade. Two spectrum auctions have already taken place this year, so far...
Xplornet CEO calls for 100% Internet penetration by 2020
telecom | 06/03/2015 5:24 pm EDT
TORONTO — Different government branches have their own goals for how many Canadians should have certain Internet speeds by certain dates; Xplornet Communications Inc. CEO Allison Lenehan raised...
Robert Blair appointed new Copyright Board chairman
Media | 06/03/2015 5:04 pm EDT
Industry Canada announced Wednesday the new appointment of Robert Blair as the new chairman of the Copyright Board of Canada. Blair was appointed to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in November 2003 and served for 12 years as a...
Government to exceed broadband connectivity goal
telecom | 05/20/2015 3:35 pm EDT
Industry Canada said Wednesday that it is set to surpass the goal the government set last year for connecting households in rural, remote and northern locations to broadband Internet. The department said in a press release that,...
Government reducing rural satellite spectrum fees
telecom | 05/05/2015 4:05 pm EDT
Industry Canada said Tuesday that it is reducing licensing fees on spectrum for companies whose satellite technology provides telecommunications services to Canadians in rural or remote areas. The department said in a press release that the new fee structure would take effect on April 1, 2016. Jake Enwright, spokesman for Industry Minister James Moore, said in an email that the changes would save satellite companies $5 million a year. How they would affect each operator depends on how many spectrum licences they have, he added. “Our government is committed to bringing affordable...
More spectrum to be sold in August
telecom | 05/01/2015 11:35 pm EDT
The federal government announced Friday evening that it will auction off unsold portions of 700 MHz and AWS-3 spectrum this August. According to a document posted on Industry Canada’s website, a sealed-bid auction is...
Next spectrum auction seen as less substantial than previous sales
telecom | 04/13/2015 5:03 pm EDT
Canada's third wireless spectrum auction in a little more than a year is set to start Tuesday, and it is generally predicted to bring in far less money than the other two, though at least one...
Industry Canada streamlines satellite-station licensing
telecom | 04/10/2015 5:13 pm EDT
Industry Canada said Friday that it is implementing a single-licence system for operators of large networks of satellite-to-earth communication stations, a move the department said would save...
MTS lobbies senior federal officials
telecom | 03/10/2015 7:35 pm EDT
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc. CEO Jay Forbes met with three cabinet ministers and the head of Canada’s telecommunications regulatory body over the last five weeks, according the federal lobbying registry. MTS chief...
AWS-3 results provide Wind with ‘secure, clear roadmap for LTE’: Lacavera
telecom | 03/06/2015 2:18 pm EST
Wind Mobile will work to roll out LTE connections on its network by the end of 2016, as long as the technology to take advantage of the AWS-3 spectrum it picked up in this week’s auction is ready, Wind chairman Anthony Lacavera said Friday. The results of the March 3 auction were announced by Industry Minister James Moore at a Friday morning event in Toronto, with Wind adding three AWS-3 licences in southern Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia for $56.4 million. “This is obviously a very positive development in terms of getting us a secure, clear roadmap for LTE in 95 per cent of our coverage area,” Lacavera said in a Friday phone interview. Thirty of the 50...
Moore stands by Bill S-4 at House committee
telecom | 02/05/2015 6:37 pm EST
OTTAWA — Industry Minister James Moore continued to back his Digital Privacy Act, or Bill S-4, on Thursday as he faced questions from opposition members of a House committee about clauses that allow individuals'...
Connecting Canadians receives more than 300 ISP applications
telecom | 01/27/2015 9:47 pm EST
The federal government’s $305-million Connecting Canadians program, meant to bring high-speed Internet to 280,000 homes, has received more than 300 proposals from Internet service providers...
Documents show Samsung interested in BlackBerry: report
Media | 01/22/2015 2:51 pm EST
Documents indicate Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is still interested in buying device maker BlackBerry Ltd. despite denials from both companies that a deal was in the works, the Financial Post...
BlackBerry CEO to Industry Minister: no talks with Samsung on buyout
telecom | 01/19/2015 6:31 pm EST
BlackBerry Inc. CEO John Chen told Industry Minister James Moore on Thursday that reports of talks about a potential acquisition of his company by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. weren’t true,...
ISPs prepping for increase in copyright infringement notices
Media | 01/12/2015 10:11 pm EST
After "significant" investments in time and money to prepare for the notice-and-notice regime that went into effect this month, independent Internet service providers Teksavvy Solutions Inc....
AWS-3 auction set for March 3, consultation starts on 600 MHz
telecom | 12/18/2014 8:24 pm EST
Industry Canada on Thursday announced March 3 as the date for the beginning of the AWS-3 auction and proposed policy changes to make 600 MHz, AWS-4 and 3500 MHz spectrum available for mobile use in...
CRTC, spectrum auctions among major wireless issues for 2015: analysts
telecom | 12/18/2014 6:01 pm EST
As the new year approaches, Canadian wireless carriers of all sizes await a CRTC decision on domestic roaming that could, in the words of one analyst, “disrupt” the industry with...
Moore to make announcement on wireless
telecom | 12/17/2014 9:46 pm EST
Industry Minister James Moore will announce “new measures to deliver more choice, lower prices and better service in Canada's wireless industry” on Thursday, according to a press release. Industry Canada said in...
‘Foolish’ not to oppose government spectrum policy earlier: Telus lawyers
telecom | 11/20/2014 11:09 pm EST
OTTAWA — Lawyers for Telus Corp. said Thursday they regretted the "foolish" decision to not dispute Industry Canada’s power over so-called deemed spectrum transfers when the department was consulting on what became its 2013 spectrum-policy framework. Arguing before the Federal Court in Ottawa, Telus lawyer Michael Ryan said the company should never have accepted that a change in ownership for companies that own a spectrum licence is equivalent to one company handing over...
Government pressured to open more WiFi spectrum
telecom | 11/05/2014 6:23 pm EST
Industry Canada is being lobbied to open up more unlicensed spectrum for wireless Internet, as the United States did earlier this year. Government briefing notes and emails written in advance of a meeting planned for May 27...
Wind promises government it will invest in network
telecom | 11/04/2014 9:33 pm EST
The government has approved the buyout of Wind Mobile from VimpelCom Ltd. by a consortium led by Anthony Lacavera's Globalive Capital with a number of attached conditions, including that the new ownership group...
Applications sought for rural Internet expansion
telecom | 10/15/2014 2:42 pm EDT
Industry Canada said Wednesday it is seeking applications from Internet service providers to qualify for funding to build or improve their networks in rural and northern communities across the country. The funding is the next...
Moore says decision on 3500 MHz won’t hurt rural areas
telecom | 10/14/2014 4:24 pm EDT
Industry Minister James Moore said late last week suggestions that a consultation on the usage of 3500 MHz spectrum will lead to a deterioration of broadband Internet services in rural areas are "completely false." In a statement posted on Industry Canada's website Thursday, Moore said since launching the...
Labelling requirements eased for wearables
telecom | 10/03/2014 3:26 pm EDT
Industry Minister James Moore announced Friday that the government is easing labelling requirements for electronic devices by allowing information to be displayed electronically on the devices' screens rather than in a physical display on gadgets. A news release from Industry Canada said the changes take effect immediately, and it mentioned wearable devices, such as glucose monitors, as the type of equipment that would be affected. "Manufacturers of these small-size, high-tech devices are increasingly burdened by the need to etch, engrave or use unsightly stickers to label this...
Carriers ask CRTC to take powers from government
telecom | 10/02/2014 9:37 pm EDT
GATINEAU, Que. — Two of Canada's largest wireless carriers called on the CRTC to take some regulatory power from Industry Canada at the commission's week-long hearing into the wholesale wireless market. Both Rogers...
Incumbents say AWS-3 set-aside unnecessary, bad for taxpayers
telecom | 09/15/2014 8:36 pm EDT
In newly released documents Rogers Communications Inc., Telus Corp. and BCE Inc. all criticize the set-aside for new entrants in the upcoming AWS-3 auction, with Bell is asking the government to...
No tax on Netflix, YouTube: Harper
Media | 09/15/2014 4:43 pm EDT
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday his government is determined not to tax Internet services such as Netflix and YouTube In a wide-ranging speech in Ottawa to kick off the new parliamentary session, he also mentioned the...
Mobilicity backers’ lawsuit describes government courting of new entrants
telecom | 09/05/2014 8:14 pm EDT
New details about the government’s push for new-entrant carriers in the 2008 AWS auction were revealed in a lawsuit filed this week against Industry Canada by two of the original investors in...
Paper billing issue small potatoes for telecom sector: analysts
telecom | 08/29/2014 7:28 pm EDT
Much has been made this week about the practice of levying extra fees for the privilege of getting a physical bill for telecommunications services, and some industry watchers are downplaying the...
Moore promises to outlaw ‘pay-to-pay’ billing
telecom | 08/28/2014 11:56 pm EDT
Hours after a meeting between telecommunications companies and CRTC officials regarding paper-billing charges that failed to end in a result satisfactory to policy-makers, Industry Minister James Moore said via social media...
Lower-end telecom plans get biggest rate hikes: report
telecom | 07/14/2014 9:35 pm EDT
Telecommunications companies increased prices most, proportionally, over the last year for those subscribing to the lowest-end wireless, broadband-Internet and home-phone plans, according to a report...
Government ‘determined to get that fourth national carrier’
telecom | 07/07/2014 1:26 pm EDT
The federal government on Monday announced another auction for wireless spectrum will be held next year and, like previous auctions, it will have rules meant to increase the viability of companies competing against the three incumbents. "They are bound and determined to get that fourth national carrier," Gregory...
CFIB asks James Moore for help on anti-spam law
telecom | 06/30/2014 5:36 pm EDT
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said in a letter to Industry Minister James Moore Monday that it wants the government to emphasize "education before enforcement" in regard to new anti-spam legislation coming into effect July 1. The CFIB said in its letter that 15 per cent of its membership, which includes more than 109,000 small- and medium-sized businesses, is "fully aware" of the requirements that come with the anti-spam law. It added that 62 per cent have not take any steps toward meeting the new requirements. "We are asking for your help to...
New tower rules to take effect in July
telecom | 06/27/2014 5:32 pm EDT
Industry Canada has decided to tighten up regulations regarding the erection of antenna towers, including adding a requirement than any company putting a tower up for telecommunications or broadcasting purposes not be exempted...
Telecoms square off on government intervention
telecom | 06/18/2014 1:01 am EDT
TORONTO — Canada’s biggest telecom companies faced off with one of their smaller rivals over the government’s approach to regulating the wireless industry at the Canadian Telecom Summit on Tuesday. Ted Woodhead,...
Senate committee fails to pass S-4 amendment on disclosure
telecom | 06/11/2014 7:47 pm EDT
The Senate committee dealing with the Digital Privacy Act failed to pass an amendment, on a tie vote, that would have required companies to inform individuals if their personal information was being...
Rogers received over 170,000 sub-info requests in 2013
telecom | 06/05/2014 8:08 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. said Thursday it received 174,917 requests for information on subscribers from government agencies last year, though it did not say with how many it complied. The company...
S-4 copyright trolling concerns not ‘valid’: Moore
Media | 05/29/2014 2:24 am EDT
OTTAWA — Industry Minister James Moore said Wednesday that he is not concerned that the government’s Digital Privacy Act will, as critics as have charged, open the door to copyright trolls. Some experts have said the legislation, Bill S-4, would open the door for U.S.-style “copyright trolls” by allowing telecommunications companies to hand over subscriber information to organizations who are investigating a breach of an agreement or a contravention of the law. The “trolls,” usually on the behalf of companies that create content, send out letters to people...
Capping wholesale roaming rates at retail level not enough: study
telecom | 05/12/2014 8:59 pm EDT
While the federal government’s current plan for limiting wholesale roaming rates charged within the wireless industry is a “step in the right direction,” a new study from the...
Federal government’s approach to wireless has failed: study
telecom | 05/06/2014 9:12 pm EDT
The federal government’s meddling in the wireless market over the past seven years and its focus on bringing a fourth carrier into every region has failed to bring about meaningful competition,...
Wind aiming to poach Mobilicity, Public Mobile customers
telecom | 05/05/2014 9:10 pm EDT
Analysts say a new advertising campaign by Wind Mobile that aims to pick up customers from Mobilicity and Public Mobile may be successful as the new-entrant carrier tries to capitalize on the woes of...
Mobilicity debt holders could sue government: Ghose
telecom | 04/25/2014 5:45 pm EDT
A financial market analyst covering the telecommunications sector says the federal government could cause harm to those with a stake in Mobilicity, and possibly even face a lawsuit, if it continues to thwart attempts by Telus...
CRTC backs pick-and-pay while acknowledging ‘risks’
Media | 04/24/2014 6:07 pm EDT
The CRTC has officially endorsed a move toward pick-and-pay television, though it has admitted the transition to such a model is unlikely to be pain-free. The commission proposed in a report Thursday...
Digital Privacy Act tabled in Senate
Media | 04/08/2014 7:33 pm EDT
The federal government on Tuesday announced it has introduced the new Digital Privacy Act in the Senate, which, among other things, proposes fining companies up to $100,000 for not informing Canadians when their personal data is...
Government’s long-awaited digital strategy ‘nothing new’: analyst
Media | 04/04/2014 1:55 pm EDT
A document released by Industry Minister James Moore Friday that outlines the government’s long-promised digital strategy includes “nothing new and nothing bold,” according to...
Public Mobile name not going anywhere: Telus
telecom | 03/28/2014 4:52 pm EDT
The Public Mobile brand will remain active for the foreseeable future despite a move to abandon the network its customers are using, a Telus Corp. spokesman said Friday. “The brand continues and the name continues,”...
Use spectrum auction proceeds to improve Net access: OpenMedia
telecom | 03/26/2014 8:39 pm EDT
A group that promotes open access to the Internet said the federal government should use funds from the 700 MHz spectrum auction to improve accessibility to high-speed Internet in Canada. In a press release issued Wednesday, OpenMedia.ca called on Industry Minister James Moore to use the $5.27 billion raised in that auction to counter what it called Canada’s “growing digital divide.” The organization brought attention to Canada’s decline to 16th among industrialized nations from second in 2001 in broadband penetration, as cited in the Canadian Internet Registration...
Government wireless ads left unclear public perception: report
telecom | 03/19/2014 6:11 pm EDT
A study has found the federal government’s fall advertising campaign focusing on Canada’s wireless industry resonated with the public in some ways, though people were left wondering what...
Rogers lobbied PM Harper in busy February
Media | 03/18/2014 6:09 pm EDT
Rogers Communications Inc. had the ear of some of the highest officials in the federal government in early February, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper communicated with Rogers on Feb. 5, according to information in...
Industry Canada announcement on updated radio rules
Media | 03/14/2014 2:59 pm EDT
Industry Canada issued a statement on Friday about rule changes for radio broadcasters first reported by The Wire Report on Wednesday. The amendments to the Radiocommunication Act did away with issuance and reinstatement fees for...
James Moore unveils name, cover page of digital strategy
telecom | 02/28/2014 8:55 pm EST
Industry Minister James Moore showed off the cover page of the government’s digital economy strategy at a speech on Friday, saying the long-awaited policy was close to release, according to a...
Industry Canada calls for input on antenna-tower rules
telecom | 02/28/2014 4:10 pm EST
Industry Canada is asking for comment on proposed changes to the rules for wireless antenna towers, one month after Industry Minister James Moore said the government would close “loopholes” that allowed wireless providers to build towers without consulting community members. The new rules would change the way tower height is measured, put details about proposed antennas on the envelopes of the required public notification letters and compel companies to build proposed towers within three years before another public consultation is needed. “It’s no secret that many...
NextWave spectrum could revert to government after blocked sale
telecom | 02/27/2014 9:55 pm EST
Industry Minister James Moore blocked a spectrum-transfer request on Thursday between NextWave Wireless Inc. and a joint venture between two of Canada’s incumbent carriers, a decision that could...
Rogers spends billions on spectrum, focuses on A, B pairings
telecom | 02/19/2014 10:45 pm EST
OTTAWA — More than half the money raised in the government’s 700 MHz auction of wireless spectrum came from Rogers Communications Inc., which invested heavily in two key blocks in regions...
700 MHz auction results coming Wednesday
telecom | 02/18/2014 10:59 pm EST
Industry Minister James Moore will announce the results of the government’s 700 MHz spectrum auction Wednesday afternoon in Ottawa, the federal government said Tuesday. The auction opened Jan. 14 and was a chance for...
Moore backs down from four-carrier policy: CP
telecom | 02/13/2014 6:18 pm EST
The Canadian Press reported that Industry Minister James Moore has backed off on the government’s commitment to having a fourth strong wireless carrier in every region of the country. In an interview Wednesday, Moore said:...
New regulations close tower-site ‘loopholes,’ Moore says
telecom | 02/05/2014 10:12 pm EST
OTTAWA — Industry Canada is updating its wireless tower-site rules to remove “loopholes” that allowed wireless providers to build shorter towers without first consulting local...
Digital economy strategy finalized and ready for release, sources say
Media | 01/30/2014 9:52 pm EST
The federal government has finalized its long-awaited digital economy strategy and could release the policy as early as next month, sources familiar with the government’s plans said. Three people contacted by The Wire Report this month confirmed a formal digital economy plan has been finalized after more than...
Incumbents’ campaign against government called ‘unmitigated failure’
telecom | 01/20/2014 4:47 pm EST
Industry Canada’s long-awaited auction for the coveted 700 MHz wireless spectrum got underway Jan. 14, but the most interesting story may have played out over the summer in a high-stakes public relations and lobbying fight whose outcome and consequences are still being dissected. Although...
CRTC chair says he shares ‘philosophy’ with James Moore
telecom | 01/16/2014 6:27 pm EST
CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais said in a magazine article that hits newsstands Monday that he and Industry Minister James Moore share a similar “philosophy” about consumer affordability...
Anti-spam exemptions follow industry consultation, Moore says
telecom | 12/04/2013 10:34 pm EST
The federal government’s long-delayed anti-spam laws will come into force next July with new regulations that include partial exemptions for charities and business-to-business communications as part of a “classic Canadian compromise,” Industry Minister James Moore said. In a release Wednesday, Industry Canada said the federal government has published its final regulations that outline how its anti-spam law will be applied to companies that use electronic communications to promote their services or products. The law, which has sat idle since it received royal assent in December 2010, will come into force on July 1 and will include a series of exemptions the department considered following three rounds of consultations over the past two years. “A bunch of people...
Moore encouraged Blais to tackle consumer issues at CRTC
telecom | 11/05/2013 7:40 pm EST
Then-heritage minister James Moore told incoming CRTC Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais in an introductory letter last year that he would like to see the commission “comprehensively address consumer...
Rightsholders, CBSA to work together under anti-counterfeit bill
telecom | 11/04/2013 10:12 pm EST
Bill C-8, the Combating Counterfeit Products Act, will allow rightsholders to work more closely with border guards and law enforcement agencies by preventing counterfeit goods from entering the...
Political finance rules embolden Tories to stand up to big telcos: Moore
telecom | 09/18/2013 8:23 pm EDT
OTTAWA—Canada's largest companies can't use big political donations to influence policy like they used to, a factor that's made Ottawa less timid on files like telecom, Industry Minister James Moore said. “Since I was appointed minister of industry back in July, it has become painfully, very clearly...
Moore set to move on anti-spam, experts say
Media | 09/17/2013 7:54 pm EDT
Canadian businesses should “dust off their copy” of Canada’ long-delayed anti-spam laws as Industry Minister James Moore is preparing to move on the file, experts say. Passed into law in December 2010, Canada’s anti-spam laws have stalled during the implementation process as the CRTC and Industry Canada consulted on a pair of...
Verizon not a threat to Canadian privacy, Moore says
telecom | 08/19/2013 9:20 pm EDT
Canada’s privacy laws would help ensure U.S. security agencies do not gain unfettered access to Canadians’ wireless communications if a large U.S. mobile provider like Verizon Communications Inc. entered the Canadian market, Industry Minister James Moore said. Moore, who plans to tour five Canadian cities this week to promote the government’s wireless policy, said in a telephone interview Monday that a Verizon market entry would not jeopardize Canadians’ privacy. “We of course always safeguard the privacy of Canadians and we’ll continue to do so under any...
Moore says incumbent campaigns ‘dishonest’
telecom | 08/14/2013 8:49 pm EDT
Canada’s wireless providers are trying to “skew” the debate over Industry Canada’s wireless policy through “misleading campaigns,” Industry Minister James Moore said. In a statement posted on his website Tuesday, Moore said he understands why incumbent carriers BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Telus Corp. are...
Glover the new heritage minister as Moore moves to industry
telecom | 07/15/2013 8:58 pm EDT
Canada’s telecom and media companies will be dealing with a familiar face as they plan for next year’s mobile spectrum auction, following former heritage minister James Moore’s move...
Tories to phase out CRTC national commissioners, sources say
Media | 02/01/2013 2:55 pm EST
The Conservative federal government will allow the CRTC’s decision-making panel to shrink in size and has told some sitting commissioners that their expiring terms will not be renewed, industry...