Court action could clarify CRTC commissioners’ rights: Denton
Media | 04/29/2015 8:20 pm EDT
A former CRTC commissioner says a court proceeding initiated by current commissioner Raj Shoan, which challenges the findings of an internal report into harassment and seeks to limit Chairman Jean-Pierre Blais' control, could help clarify the rights of and limits to the power of various CRTC players.
"It's unfortunate, but the case might actually have some longer-term importance if it can clarify the extent of the rights of commissioners to think and act independently in their capacities as commissioners," Timothy Denton, who served on the CRTC from 2008 to 2013, said in a phone interview Wednesday.
Most of Denton's time at the CRTC was spent under the chairmanship of
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