Geoff White, Executive Director and General Counsel at the Competitive Network Operators of Canada (CNOC) joins us to discuss why the CRTC is so slow to issue decisions and what effect that has on all telecommunications providers, but especially smaller competitive ones, like CNOC members.
In this first of several podcasts on troubles with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), we concentrate on the CRTC's egregious slowness in both running regulatory proceedings (both broadcasting and telecommunications) and in releasing its decisions after these proceedings - all of which can take years. During this time, the smaller, or more vulnerable, less powerful parties, such as small competitors, consumers, politicians and the public are disadvantaged while larger players reap the benefit of delay that allows them to exploit their marketplace advantages.
CNOC's Geoff White joins us to explain his take on why this situation has arisen and opines on what to do to reform the CRTC. Hint: change their governing legislation and keep an eye on them. We concur. This situation is now hurting consumers and Canadians.