Telecom - Secretary General Letter addressed to Jason St. Pierre (Eastern Ontario Regional Network)
Gatineau, 20 May 2026
Reference: 1011-NOC2025-0226
BY EMAIL
Jason St. Pierre
Chief Executive Officer
Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN)
235 Pinnacle Street
Belleville, Ontario K8N 3A9
jst-pierre@eorn.ca
Subject: Eastern Ontario Regional Network’s request to participate in the proceeding initiated by Telecom Notice of Consultation 2025-226
Dear Jason St. Pierre,
We are writing to inform you of the Commission’s decision regarding the request by the Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) to participate in the proceeding initiated by Telecom Notice of Consultation 2025-226. That proceeding is considering the development of a regulatory policy on measures to improve the resiliency of telecommunications networks and the reliability of telecommunications services (the proceeding).
The intervention deadline for the proceeding was 3 December 2025. In a letter dated 10 March 2026, EORN included their submission and made a request to the Commission to participate in the proceeding, acknowledging that it had missed the formal consultation submission period.
EORN submitted that it could provide meaningful input to the Commission, given its extensive relationships with municipalities across eastern Ontario and its direct involvement in developing and expanding broadband and cellular infrastructure in rural communities.
EORN also submitted that, given the scale of its regional coordination activities and the operational insight it receives from municipal governments during network implementation and outages, its perspective could meaningfully support the Commission’s review of telecommunications network resiliency and emergency response practices.
Commission Decision
The Commission approves EORN’s request to participate in the proceeding and will add its 10 March 2026 letter to the record. The Commission considers that EORN has relevant experience with telecommunications infrastructure in rural communities and can provide a useful perspective on improving network resiliency in rural and underserved areas.
All parties to the proceeding will have the opportunity to respond to EORN’s intervention during the reply phase. Further details on the reply phase will be communicated to parties to the proceeding by staff letter.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ian Baggley, Director General, Telecommunications, at Ian.Baggley@crtc.gc.ca or 873-353-2647.
Sincerely,
Marc Morin
Secretary General and Executive Vice-President
c.c.:
Ian Baggley, Director General, Telecommunications, CRTC, Ian.Baggley@crtc.gc.ca
Aysha Omar, Director, Telecommunications, CRTC, Aysha.Omar@crtc.gc.ca
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Alberta Rural Connectivity Coalition, mmcnally@ualberta.ca
Amazon Kuiper Systems Canada ULC, zab@amazon.com
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Bragg Communications Inc., regulatory.matters@corp.eastlink.ca
Build Nova Scotia, David.Finlayson@novascotia.ca
Canada Deaf Grassroots Movement, canadadeafgrassrootsmovement@gmail.com
Canadian Telecommunications Association, esmith@canadatelecoms.ca
Canadian Internet Registration Authority, Noah.Flumerfelt@cira.ca
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