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Jean Pierre Blais

CRTC: Bell Must Prove Its Plan Is For The Greater Good

CP | LuAnn LaSalle, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.06.2013 | Canada Business

MONTREAL - Consumers will get more content and Bell will play fair with its competitors, the company promised as it made a revised sales pitch to the ...

The CRTC Picks What's on Your TV But You Pay for It

J. David Ellis | Posted 04.23.2013 | Canada
J. David Ellis

Tuesday marks the opening of another critical public hearing at the CRTC. It will be considering applications to expand the mandatory distribution of channels on the basic TV service. But, bottom line, if our own federal government refuses to kick in a few more million a year to show just how important Canadian culture is, then why should the rest of us?

DSL Rates Plummet in Ontario

J. David Ellis | Posted 04.02.2013 | Canada
J. David Ellis

Anyone who's ever spent more than 5 minutes reading my blog knows I've spilt a phenomenal amount of ink over the miserable state of broadband in Can...

How the CRTC Can Fix Wireless in Canada

J. David Ellis | Posted 02.02.2013 | Canada Business
J. David Ellis

Last time, I took the Commission to task for trying to build excitement over the level of cellphone penetration in Canada in their consultation video. Why? Because the only metric that really counts in 2012 is the takeup of smartphones: smartphones do data, feature phones don't. Let's consider penetration in a more meaningful context.

What's the CRTC Trying to Pull?

J. David Ellis | Posted 01.24.2013 | Canada Business
J. David Ellis

Back in the summer of 2010, the CRTC decided to get the public's input online as part of its proceeding on the "obligation to serve." Big mistake. There's a habit that's getting entrenched at the Commission: treating online consultations as a substitute for both educating Canadian consumers and conducting real research.

The CRTC Gets A New Chief

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 08.08.2012 | Canada Business

OTTAWA - Jean-Pierre Blais has been named the new chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.The longtime civil serva...