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Letter

Ottawa, 19 January 2007

Our File No.: 8662-T66-200613671

BY EMAIL

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Re:   TELUS Communications Company - Application to Review and Vary Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-22, Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-23, and Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-42: Policy Direction

The Governor in Council issued a direction, which came into effect on 14 December 2006, to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the Commission), Order Issuing a Direction to the CRTC on Implementing the Canadian Telecommunications Policy Objectives (the Policy Direction) under the Telecommunications Act (the Act).

The Policy Direction can be found at:

http://www.ic.gc.ca/cmb/welcomeic.nsf/261ce500dfcd7259852564820068dc6d/
85256a5d006b972085257245005c3b13!OpenDocument

The Policy Direction requires that the Commission   take a more market-based approach to implementing the Act.   The Policy Direction applies prospectively to the wide variety of telecommunications-related regulatory issues that the Commission   handles, including matters currently pending before the Commission, subject to the limitations specified in section 11 of the Act.

The Policy Direction applies   to the proceeding initiated by TELUS Communications Company - Application to Review and Vary Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-22, Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-23, and Telecom Decision CRTC 2006-42 (the TCC Application) .

Set out below is the process to allow parties, including TCC, who provided comments in the proceeding initiated by the TCC Application, to address the disposition of the TCC Application in light of the Policy Direction:

Comments by parties, including TCC, to be filed with the Commission and served on all parties who provided comments in the application initiated by the TCC application  

Reply comments by all parties, including TCC

29 January   2007

 

5 February 2007

Parties are reminded that the comments are to be limited to addressing the Policy Direction.

The above material is to be actually received, not merely sent, by the above dates.

Yours sincerely,

'Original signed by Y. Davidson'

Yvan Davidson
Senior Manager
Competitor services and costing
Telecommunications

cc:   Parties to Telecom Decision CRTC 2003-83
       Public Notice CRTC 2001-37
       Bell Canada Tariff Notice 6653 and TELUS (TCI) Tariff Notice 488 and
       TELUS (TCBC) Tariff Notice 4173

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Regulatory.Matters@Aliant.ca ; bell.regulatory@bell.ca ; reg.affairs@mts.mb.ca ; document.control@sasktel.sk.ca ; regulatory.affairs@telus.com ; abriggs@cogeco.ca ; lisangus@angustel.ca ; antecol@sympatico.ca ; piac@piac.ca ; support@bcpiac.com ; bwilliams@pilc.mb.ca ; regulatory@ccta.com ; documentcontrol@cwta.ca ; archie.chumak@calgary.ca ; jeff@goprs.com ; mail@wachowich.com ; stinsond@comnet.ca ; regulatory@distributel.ca ; Regulatory.matters@corp.eastLink.ca ; khildebrandt@enmax.com ; alyelfar@rogers.com ; regulatory@corporate.fcibroadband.com ; andre.labrie@mcc.gouv.qc.ca ; williamson.steve@ic.gc.ca ; lya@lya.com ; crtc-proceedings@gt.ca ; bwilliams@pilc.mb.ca ; microcell.reg@microcell.ca ; iworkstation@allstream.com ; msone@nbicanada.com ; christian.tacit@cybersurf.com ; regulatory@ota.on.ca ; regulatory@primustel.ca ; jeff@goprs.com ; rwi_gr@rci.rogers.com ; sid.shniad@twu-canada.ca ; regmatters@telesat.ca ; rolenick@tbaytel.com ; jrchurch@ucalgary.ca ; ghariton@sympatico.ca ; tanguay@consommateur.qc.ca ; regaffairs@quebecor.com ; dmckeown@viewcom.ca ; lefebvre@rogers.com ; gina.allen@navigata.ca ; Taylor.Richard@cb-bc.gc.ca ;   lockie@globalive.com

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