CRTC must ‘look around the corner’ in changing digital landscape, says new chair who wants to ‘meet the needs of Canadians’

Telecom observers are tentatively pleased by the selection of new Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission chair Vicky Eatrides, but say the views of Canadians will be ‘based on results.’

Vicky Eatrides, who worked for over a decade at the Competition Bureau of Canada, began her five-year term as the chair and CEO of the CRTC on Jan. 5.Photograph courtesy of CRTC

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BY IAN CAMPBELL

January 25, 2023

Vicky Eatrides, the newly appointed chair of Canada’s telecom regulator, says growing the organization’s capacity and expertise to handle a changing digital landscape is a “top of mind” priority, but cautioned it will be a challenge given “just how busy” her offi...

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