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Bell, Telus push back on proposed public hearing into wireless fees

| 07/24/2026 1:20 pm EDT

Bell, Telus push back on proposed public hearing into wireless fees

Canada’s largest telecommunications companies have drawn battle lines ahead of an upcoming CRTC investigation into whether the companies are violating a new commission...

Corus defends restructuring plan in CRTC documents

| 07/09/2026 3:16 pm EDT

Corus defends restructuring plan in CRTC documents

Corus Entertainment Inc. is lashing out at critics of its proposed restructuring plan, some of whom are calling for tangible benefits to be paid and demanding a public hearing into the new fiscal arrangement. The CRTC announced in May it would consider a recapitalization...

Proposed indefinite radio licences wins support from Bell, Rogers, Corus

| 07/09/2026 11:00 am EDT

Proposed indefinite radio licences wins support from Bell, Rogers, Corus

Canada’s largest radio operators are backing a CRTC proposal to issue...

Marc Miller returns to cabinet as new minister of culture and identity 

| 12/01/2025 5:15 pm EST

Marc Miller returns to cabinet as new minister of culture and identity 

Marc Miller was appointed as the new minister of Canadian Identity and...

FRPC report calls for greater transparency, accountability from CRTC

| 08/22/2025 4:09 pm EDT

CRTC proposes code of conduct for ISPs

The CRTC is falling short of the government’s transparency principles,...

Rogers disputes OUTtv’s undue preference arguments, says it wants to negotiate

Media | 04/16/2025 4:48 pm EDT

OUTtv

Rogers Communications Inc. has responded to a Part 1 application filed with the CRTC by OUTtv, which argued the broadcaster has unfairly repackaged its LGBTQ+-focused channel....

Opponents of Online Streaming Act out in force at Senate hearing including YouTubers

Media | 09/27/2022 4:50 pm EDT

Opponents of Online Streaming Act out in force at Senate hearing including YouTubers

The Senate Committee on Transportation and Communications continued its...

Consider cost applications on Accessibility Canada Act regulations, CRTC urged

Media | 04/16/2020 4:58 pm EDT

The CRTC is under criticism for saying it may not award costs to groups who participate in a public consultation on regulations under the Accessibility Canada Act, with stakeholder groups arguing such...

FRPC wants CanCon visibility on search engines

Media | 01/21/2019 12:50 pm EST

Google Canada

As a rule, when Canadians search keywords on the internet, they should be presented with Canadian content...

Telus and Shaw say their customers largely aren’t watching OMNI

Media | 11/28/2018 4:29 pm EST

Shaw proposes banning third-party door-to-door sales

GATINEAU, QUE. -- Telus Corp. and Shaw Communications Inc. say...

PIAC says CRTC ‘railroading’ internet code, boycotts proceedings

Media | 11/23/2018 2:33 pm EST

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre says it is boycotting the CRTC’s internet code proceedings, a move that comes after the regulator denied an application by consumer groups for a time-extension on...

CRTC calls for ISPs to pay for CanCon, ‘equitable’ OTT contributions

Media | 05/31/2018 11:18 am EDT

CRTC calls for ISPs to pay for CanCon, ‘equitable’ OTT contributions

GATINEAU — The CRTC is recommending the government undertake a bevy of...

Ian Scott ‘collegial’ choice for new CRTC chair: former colleagues

Media | 07/18/2017 11:49 am EDT

Ian Scott ‘collegial’ choice for new CRTC chair: former colleagues

The choice of Ian Scott as the new chairman of the CRTC was greeted...

Increase indigenous representation at CRTC, conference hears

Media | 06/19/2017 5:18 pm EDT

Increase indigenous representation at CRTC, conference hears

OTTAWA — All of the country’s cultural institutions need a rethink when...

Address diversity gaps when filling CRTC roles, minister told

Media | 01/17/2017 9:52 pm EST

Filling all 13 spots allotted to CRTC commissioners could go a long way in addressing what some are calling decades of ongoing disparity between the demographics of those who make decisions about the country’s broadcasting and telecommunications sectors and the rest of Canada, according to advocacy groups, community broadcasters and researchers keeping an eye on the composition of the regulator. There are six vacant positions on the commission, following the departure of Candice Molnar, whose five-year term as the regional commissioner for Manitoba and Saskatchewan ended Jan. 9. With...