CRTC's future
In the wake of Canada's federal election, the folks at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission must be relieved the Conservative Party came up disappointingly short of seats. If the Conservatives had won the most seats in the House of Parliament, they would have gutted the CRTC, while introducing more U.S. programming and allowing U.S. satellite providers to operate north of the border. For anyone in favour of protecting Canada's culture and identity, the Conservative's plans were heresy. It was just another one of the Conservative's flawed ideas that clearly caused many Canadians to pause when they got to the polls yesterday. For the telecom industry, the election means regulation will remain an important element under the leadership of Charles Dalfen. As a result, competition will be encouraged but the incumbents carriers will be closely supervised.
