DCHP-3

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

DCHP-2 (Oct 2016)

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n. — Law, Industry

a commission that regulates and supervises the nation's broadcasting and telecommunications systems.

Type: 1. Origin — The Canadian Radio-television Commission was founded in 1968 (see the 1967 quotation) and changed its name in 1976 to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to include phone companies. Since then, the commission's mandate has been expanded to include other communication services such as cellular phones and the internet (see Maple Leaf Web reference).
The abbreviation CRTC is most commonly used.

Quotations

1967
The Commons Broadcasting Committee has rejected the name chosen by the Government for the new federal agency to regulate the nation's radio and television. The Government's broadcasting bill, given second reading in the Commons on Nov. 8, christened the agency the Canadian Radio Commission. But the broadcasting committee decided the name was archaic and has rechristened the agency the Canadian Radio-Television Council [...] The CRTC will replace the Board of Broadcast Governors as the body responsible for overseeing broadcasting and it will be given sweeping new powers to enforce national broadcasting policy and to impose quality and Canadian-content program standards on individual stations.
1977
Part of the appeal turned on the constitutional authority of the federal Government, through the CRTC, to regulate cablevision.
1987
Despite this apparent discrepancy, Mr. Rogers appears convinced that merely reducing the over-all percentage of common shares in non-Canadian hands will put an end to the pressure his company has been under on this issue, not just from the CRTC, but, he implies, also from the federal Department of Communications, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Culture and Communications and various other sources.
1993
Cable operators are "spreading fear and loathing" about the so-called "death stars," Keith Spicer, chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), said yesterday in an unusually tough exchange at hearings into the future of Canada's television industry.
2006
The CRTC's reprimand came as a Quebec National Assembly committee conducted hearings last week on racism and discrimination affecting the seven per cent -- or close to 500,000 Quebec citizens -- who are classified as visible minorities.
2015
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today announced measures to foster competition between companies that offer broadband Internet services. These measures will provide Canadians with more choice and innovative services at reasonable prices.

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