One-day online symposium on the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Rules of Practice and Procedure, on Thursday, June 18, 2026 from 10:30 am EDT top 4:30 pm EDT
Keynote speaker: CRTC Commissioner Bram Abramson
Following remarks from CRTC Commissioner Bram Abramson, panellists including lawyers and stakeholders from Corus, Conseils stratégiques, Consumers Council of Canada, FRPC, NCRA/ANREC, OUTtv, OpenMedia and PIAC, will discuss four aspects of the current CRTC Rules:
Panel 1 Current law on administrative tribunals’ procedures and practices:
The CRTC’s current Rules were developed from September 2009 to December 2010. Canadian law about administrative practices has changed since then – how could these changes affect the Commission’s procedural rules and its practices?
Panel 2 The CRTC’s current Rules:
The current procedural regulations of the Commission were written in 2009 and came into force in 2010. How has the CRTC implemented these requirements? (This section offers highlights from FRPC’s up-to-date and annotated (with examples and precedents) version of the Rules.
Panel 3A Gaps in regulatory procedures
Compared to the Federal Courts’ regulations, the CRTC’s Rules are silent about certain steps in CRTC proceedings, including: online filings, mechanisms for announcing changes in CRTC proceedings and procedures, procedural requests, requests for information and certain types of proceedings such as mediation. How do these gaps affect parties’ ability to participate, and to what degree should the Rules describe the Commission’s expectations and requirements of parties?
Panel 3B Gaps in regulatory practices
As nearly all of the CRTC’s Rules focus on requirements for those participating in its proceedings, little is known or understood about the CRTC practices with respect to non-CRTC parties. How does the absence of information about CRTC timing, notification and reasons affect participants in its proceedings, and to what degree should the Rules describe any requirements that the CRTC imposes on itself?
Registration through Eventbrite:
Early bird tickets to 31 May: $215.44 (of which FRPC receives $200)
General admission from 1 to 16 June: $268.93 (of which FRPC receives $250).
Information regarding CPD: 4 hours 40 minutes substantive law; 0 hours 0 minutes professionalism (LSO accreditation only required for professionalism hours)