OTTAWA – 19 July 2022 – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) today filed comments with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) questioning the strength of the government’s commitment to telecommunications policy improvements for consumers in the form of the Department’s proposed “Order Issuing a Direction to the CRTC on a Renewed Approach to Telecommunications Policy” (the “2022 Policy Direction”).
In this submission, PIAC proposes improvements to the 2022 Policy Direction and also questions the utility of a such a policy direction when the present government appears unable to reverse CRTC decisions under the present (2019) and (2006) policy directions, even where these CRTC decisions are contrary to consumer interests, such as the recent wholesale Internet rates decision of 2021.
Our comments are found here: PIAC Comments on “Order Issuing a Direction to the CRTC on a Renewed Approach to Telecommunications Policy” (the “2022 Policy Direction”)