Telecom Order CRTC 2022-177

Ottawa, 29 June 2022

Telecommunications Fees

The Telecommunications Fees Regulations, 2010 (Fees Regulations) provide for the payment of annual telecommunications fees by certain telecommunications service providers, as set out in sections 2 and 3 of the Fees Regulations.
Pursuant to subsection 3(4) of the Fees Regulations, the Commission hereby announces that the estimated total telecommunications regulatory costs of the Commission for the 2022-2023 fiscal year (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023) are $48.072 million. This includes additional funding to secure the necessary incremental increases to the Commission’s resources to address both current and future regulatory operational requirements.
The annual adjustment amount (credit) referred to in subsection 3(5) of the Fees Regulations for the 2021-2022 fiscal year is ($0.552) million.
Taking into account the annual adjustment above, the net billing for the Commission’s telecommunications fees for the 2022-2023 fiscal year is $47.520 million. This estimated net billing represents an increase of 24.17% compared to the amount for the 2021-2022 fiscal year ($38.271 million).^{Footnote 1}

Secretary General