News

News Releases and Speeches 2019

CRTC promotes competition for broadband Internet services by setting lower wholesale rates (News release)
August 15, 2019

On the path towards a more accessible Canada with the creation of the Council of Federal Accessibility Agencies (News release)
August 14, 2019

Prices of communications services trended downwards in 2018 (News release)
August 8, 2019

CRTC will examine recent 36 month wireless device financing plans (News release)
August 2, 2019

CRTC Internet Code to offer new customer rights to Canadians (News release)
July 31, 2019

Statement by the CRTC’s Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer, Ian Scott, on the government’s policy direction (Statement)
June 18, 2019

Northwestel agrees to make Internet and mobile wireless improvements to benefit Northerners to rectify non-compliance (News release)
June 12, 2019

Chris Seidl to the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (Speech)
June 6, 2019

Ian Scott to the annual conference of the Western Association of Broadcasters (Speech)
June 6, 2019

CRTC launches the Broadband Fund to improve Internet and mobile wireless access (News release)
June 3, 2019

Ian Scott to the Canadian Telecom Summit “Fostering Choice, Innovation and Better Prices for Canadians” (Speech)
June 3, 2019

Improved access for Canadians to multilingual, multi-ethnic television news and information from a Canadian perspective (News release)
May 23, 2019

CRTC seeks the participation of Canadians to test home broadband Internet speeds (News release)
May 9, 2019

Public alerting tests to be distributed in Canada on May 8, 2019 (News release)
May 3, 2019

Scott Hutton to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (Speech)
May 2, 2019

Chris Seidl to the annual conference of the BC Broadband Association (Speech)
May 1, 2019

The CRTC authorizes a major change to Quebec’s radio broadcasting landscape (News release)
April 30, 2019

Spamming Canadians results in $100,000 penalty for nCrowd’s Corporate Director (News release)
April 23, 2019

The CRTC orders TVA Group to comply with its regulations (News release)
April 18, 2019

Opening remarks at the public hearing on the apparent non-compliance of TVA Group inc. in the dispute with Bell Canada with respect to section 15(1) of the Discretionary Services Regulations (Speech)
April 17, 2019

Statement by the CRTC Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer on the passing of André Bureau (Statement)
April 16, 2019

Christianne Laizner to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology (Speech)
April 10, 2019

Chris Seidl to the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce (Speech)
April 4, 2019

CRTC and RCMP National Division Execute Warrants in Malware Investigation (News release)
March 28, 2019

Chris Seidl to the Conference and Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Association of Wireless Internet Providers (CanWISP) (Speech)
March 27, 2019

Joint Statement on Achieving Gender Parity Following CRTC Women in Production Summit (Statement)
March 8, 2019

CRTC launches comprehensive review of mobile wireless services (News release)
February 28, 2019

CRTC invites Canadians to share their views on the possible creation of a new Internet Code (News release)
February 21, 2019

CRTC says more can be done to ensure fair treatment of consumers (News release)
February 20, 2019

Opening remarks at the public hearing for new radio broadcasting licences in Montreal and Quebec City, Quebec (Speech)
February 20, 2019

Voter Contact Registry in effect during the federal by-elections in Burnaby South, B.C., Outremont, Que., and York–Simcoe, Ont. (News release)
January 10, 2019