Monica Auer is FRPC’s Executive Director, having been appointed soon after FRPC was organized. Monica began her career in communications regulation in the mid-1980s, when she began working at the CRTC. She provided research and analysis with respect to concentration of ownership, audience data, major network renewals and issues related to portrayal in programming. She worked at CBC head office from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, dealing with issues related to the Corporation’s regulation by the CRTC. After leaving the CBC Monica worked as a consultant, preparing reports presented to the Copyright Board of Canada, before returning to school to study law. Monica has earned undergraduate degrees in French and German, political science and law; she earned graduate degrees in political science and law. After being called to the Ontario bar in 2006 she completed her articles, and launched her own practice, specializing in matters related to the CRTC.
The Forum intervened in support of the Deaf Wireless Canada Consultative Committee’s (DWCC) application to review and vary Determination of costs award with respect to the… Read More »The Forum’s intervention supporting Deaf Wireless Canada Consultative Committee’s Application to Review and Vary Telecom Order 2018-66, 8662-D78-201803461
On June 13, 2018 the Forum filed comments on the CRTC proceeding for lower-cost data-only plans for mobile wireless. The Forum made a number of… Read More »Unjust enrichment: the ‘competitive’ wireless market’s failure to offer reasonably priced data requires CRTC intervention TNoC CRTC 2018-98
12 June 2018 “In brief, transparency at the CRTC is at best, superficial – in that the people of Canada are able to learn who… Read More »Who decides what? Transparency in CRTC decision-making
The Forum (FRPC) filed comments on May 17, 2018, in support of the procedural request submitted by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) on 16… Read More »The Forum comments on Asian Television Network’s application to disable on-line access to privacy sites, 8663-A182-201800467
The Forum submitted its intervention – “What’s the worst that could happen?”: The worst that could happen – to the CRTC on March 29, 2018. FRPC opposed the application’s… Read More »The Forum’s intervention opposing Asian Television Network’s application to disable on-line access to piracy sites, 8663-A182-201800467
The Forum filed its Phase 2 submission on February 13, 2018, with respect to the call for comments on the Governor in Council’s request for… Read More »The Forum’s Phase 2 submission on the call for comments on the Governor in Council’s request for a report on future programming distribution models BNoC CRTC 2017-359
Calgary asked the CRTC to clarify the law that applies to telecommunications carriers’ access to and use of its rights of way, and to approve… Read More »The Forum intervened in support of an application by the City of Calgary, 8690-C126-201612250 (Calgary, 28 November 2016)
(28 November 2017) Undertaking empirical research about Canada’s electronic media is an exercise that, for the most part, is strongly rooted in the past: it… Read More »Research note: finding data about Canadian broadcasting, telecommunications and convergence
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… Read More »New research: CRTC costs process in telecommunications
On August 4, 2017 the Forum filed comments on the application made by Sirius XM Canada Inc. (Sirius) this past May, with respect to the allocation… Read More »The Forum files comments on Sirius XM Canada Inc. tangible benefits proposal, Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2017-114