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CRTC issues self-service regulations for internet and wireless services

| 04/24/2026 4:51 pm EDT

CRTC looking to improve connectivity in Indigenous communities

| 03/18/2026 1:59 pm EDT

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The CRTC is using its Broadband Fund to facilitate internet and cellphone connectivity in Indigenous communities, the commission announced on March 18. Although the program has connected 135 communities in remote areas, huge gaps still remain, according to the CRTC. The...

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CRTC takes aim at activation and cancellation fees for cellphones, internet

| 03/12/2026 2:23 pm EDT

The ‘obvious candidate’: Jeanne Pratt favoured by lawyers, academics to take over as competition commissioner

| 03/10/2026 5:37 pm EDT

The ‘obvious candidate’: Jeanne Pratt favoured by lawyers, academics to take over as competition commissioner

Acting competition commissioner Jeanne Pratt may...

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A court challenge has put the streaming act on hold — but some U.S. companies are still sending money to Canadian funds (and no one knows why)

| 03/09/2026 12:07 pm EDT

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As the North American cultural sector awaits a...

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Feds cut CRTC budget by more than $4M

| 02/27/2026 11:46 am EST

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The CRTC’s year-over-year resources will drop by $4.3 million, as the federal government cut the...

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‘Culture is not on the table’ in trade talks amid film tariff threats & domestic digital policy uncertainty, says Guilbeault

| 10/20/2025 1:10 pm EDT

‘Culture is not on the table’ in trade talks amid film tariff threats & domestic digital policy uncertainty, says Guilbeault

The heritage minister is defending the Online Streaming Act amid an ongoing court challenge by international streaming companies and his government’s apparent openness to...

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Money for CanCon trickling from streamers despite court action, CRTC tells MPs

| 10/02/2025 3:18 pm EDT

Money for CanCon trickling from streamers despite court action, CRTC tells MPs

Even though foreign streamers are litigating provisions of the Online...

CRTC Online streaming act

Industry committee questions CRTC on Online News Act, decision timelines

| 09/25/2025 6:41 pm EDT

Industry committee questions CRTC on Online News Act, decision timelines

As three of the CRTC’s top brass appeared before the federal Standing...

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CRTC reaches out to future telecom lawyers at uOttawa event

| 07/31/2025 3:25 pm EDT

CRTC Chairperson and CEO Vicky Eatrides poses for a portrait at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission office in Gatineau on Oct. 17, 2024. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

The chair of the CRTC and its general counsel spoke to a group of students...

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CRTC funds broadband rollout in 18 communities

| 06/19/2025 3:11 pm EDT

CRTC funds broadband rollout in 18 communities

In a series of decisions released on Thursday, June 19, the CRTC has approved money from the Broadband...

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Supporting Canadian composers & music in TV, movies not a ‘zero-sum game,’ CRTC hears

| 05/21/2025 1:18 pm EDT

Supporting Canadian composers & music in TV, movies not a ‘zero-sum game,’ CRTC hears

GATINEAU, Que. – The CRTC is being urged by...

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Telecom affordability, broadcast revision key to CRTC mandate: Eatrides

| 11/18/2024 4:46 pm EST

The chair of the CRTC acknowledges that affordability is a pressing concern...

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CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides talks strategic planning at IIC conference

| 10/21/2024 9:09 am EDT

OTTAWA–The CRTC has launched an updated strategic vision. Commission...

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Coordinated effort is ‘essential’ in tackling AI policy issues, says Canadian Digital Regulators Forum

| 09/18/2024 1:38 pm EDT

Members of the Digital Regulators Forum take part in a roundtable discussion during Canada's Competition Summit 2024.

Members of the Canadian Digital Regulators Forum...

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CRTC approves Rogers wireless project to boost connectivity in northern B.C.

telecom | 03/22/2024 6:42 pm EDT

Rogers aims to improve churn, ‘reset’ enterprise division

The CRTC has approved Rogers Communications Inc.’s funding application under its Broadband Fund in a bid to improve cell service along 70 kms of highway in northern B.C. ...

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Eatrides pledges to support minority language 911 services

telecom | 01/26/2024 12:23 pm EST

Eatrides defends CRTC independence at CHPC meeting

CRTC chair Vicky Eatrides has promised to look into recent problems with...

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CRTC announces funds for Nunavut and rejects Bell’s bid to amend Broadband Fund contributions

telecom | 12/20/2023 4:47 pm EST

Eatrides defends CRTC independence at CHPC meeting

The CRTC has denied a BCE Inc. application to...

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Netflix urges contribution limit be set at two per cent at CRTC hearings

Media | 12/01/2023 11:21 am EST

Netflix urges contribution limit be set at two per cent at CRTC hearings

Netflix Services Canada ULC says it has invested large amounts of money...

Cancon CRTC Online streaming act

Eatrides defends CRTC independence at CHPC meeting

Internet and Governance | 11/23/2023 1:41 pm EST

Eatrides defends CRTC independence at CHPC meeting

In a House of Commons heritage committee meeting that was marked more by partisan feuding than for what...

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PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearings

Media | 11/21/2023 4:59 am EST

PKP proposes 20 per cent base contribution for foreign online platforms at CRTC hearings

The long-awaited hearing on how the CRTC should implement the Online Streaming Act, particularly if online streaming services should make a base financial contribution to...

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