The CRTC last invited comments on and heard the applications by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to renew its radio and television licences in 2012,… Read More »Forum publishes new study on public funding of CBC’s operations from 1937 to 2019
In January 2020 the Forum submitted interventions in the licence renewal applications submitted by Rogers and by Corus with respect to 34 private radio stations.… Read More »Forum intervenes in January 2020 Part 1 proceeding on private radio licence renewals
FRPC procedural request to the CRTC with respect to CBC’s application to renew its licences and request for confidentiality is available here.
In January 2020 the Forum intervened in the licence renewal applications filed by several groups of broadcasters. We argued that the CRTC should not grant… Read More »Should the CRTC grant broadcast licensees full-term renewals if they break its rules, reduce their commitments to Canadian content and offer little or no local programming?
Guest blogger and FRPC Director Kealy Wilkinson has published a commentary on the future of Canada’s broadcasting system. The death of Canadian TV has been… Read More »Eyes Wide Shut?
The Forum appeared before the Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications on October 24, 2018 to share its views on the Study on the… Read More »Where does Parliament want Canada’s communications system to be in 2038?
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