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PM Appoints Jean-Pierre Blais as Chairperson of the CRTC

only time will tell, but the predictions that he's just another Harper yes-man are a little scary

reply to AkFubar
I actually posted this over in Canadian Broadband about the same time frame as you did (give or take a minute or two)

reply to AkFubar
Question is, did he work for any telecoms, and can he freakin speak english? KvF's poor language skills contributed to a lot of headache.

Posiitve thing is at least it's not Katz...

The only English history/resume I could find...

Mr. Blais holds a Bachelor of Civil Law and a Bachelor of Common Law from McGill University, as well as a Master of Laws with a focus in copyright, international trade, film and television policy from Melbourne University in Australia. He is a member of the Quebec Bar and the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Before being named Chairperson of the CRTC, Mr. Blais served as Assistant Secretary of the Government Operations Sector at the Treasury Board Secretariat. Prior to that, he was Assistant Deputy Minister of Cultural Affairs at Canadian Heritage, where his responsibilities included legislation, policies and programs relating to copyright, broadcasting, cultural industries and arts policy. Mr. Blais also held the positions of Assistant Deputy Minister of International and Intergovernmental Affairs at Canadian Heritage and Executive Director of Broadcasting at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

reply to HiVolt

said by OpenMedia :

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But recent decisions, including those on usage-based billing and vertical integration, suggest that Katz has heard the pro-Internet community, and that he is now willing to put the public interest before that of telecom industry giants. He has continued to be considerate of Canadians into his current role as Acting Chairman. Based on this, we would be actually quite supportive of Katz continuing on as CRTC Chair in a more permanent capacity.

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Wasn't it Tim Denton that was the "favourite" from Open Media?

reply to AkFubar
Blais looks like a career bureaucratic lawyer. Knows how to write and interpret law ... but certainly little telecoms knowledge. He may well be good at writing tighter regulations ... so we don't end up with so many confusing changes ... but I wouldn't clap here!

reply to HiVolt