This 24 November 2017 research note describes the history and purpose of the CRTC costs process in telecommunications, and analyzes the 135 orders issued by the CRTC from 1 January 2013, to 10 November 2017, with respect to costs applications submitted by public-interest organizations’ participation in its telecom proceedings.
Main result: In 2017 the CRTC published costs orders an average of 8.6 months after the costs applications had been filed; in 2013 it published the costs orders an average of 3.7 months after the applications were filed.