Comments on: Quebec to secede from the CRTC ?? http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/04/17/quebecc-to-secede-from-the-crtc/ Conservative group weblog that publishes daily commentary on political events and topics affecting Canada, the United States and the world. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:40:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: John http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/04/17/quebecc-to-secede-from-the-crtc/#comment-180808 John Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:10:11 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3238#comment-180808 The CRTC needs to get called on its delegation of the content regulatory function to the CBSC. It has been limiting speech for 20 year without a single review. It is a body infested with Richard Warman's rights industry pals. Time to clean house, evacuate and efficiently burn it to the ground. The CRTC needs to get called on its delegation of the content regulatory function to the CBSC.

It has been limiting speech for 20 year without a single review.

It is a body infested with Richard Warman’s rights industry pals.

Time to clean house, evacuate and efficiently burn it to the ground.

]]> By: Dave Hodson http://www.thepolitic.com/archives/2008/04/17/quebecc-to-secede-from-the-crtc/#comment-180807 Dave Hodson Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:04:43 +0000 http://www.thepolitic.com/?p=3238#comment-180807 I'm not sure this is a good thing? The first part of the paragraph is indeed good news... <em>...table potentially controversial legislation giving Quebec the power to opt out of the national Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission</em> Then they have to go and spoil a good idea with this... <em>...and set up its own telecommunications regulator.</em> Anything to get away from the CRTC is positive. However, to then try to set up a set of provincial level mini-CRTCs is just madness. Sort of like going from the frying pan and into the fire. More duplication, waste and confusion will arise as various provincial commissions try to do similarly useless but slightly different things than the federal commission, but with more confusion and waste than before! National organizations will have to make multiple applications for various permissions under different sets of local rules. But what a great make-work project for the lawyers. Just get rid of it. Period. I’m not sure this is a good thing?

The first part of the paragraph is indeed good news…

…table potentially controversial legislation giving Quebec the power to opt out of the national Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Then they have to go and spoil a good idea with this…

…and set up its own telecommunications regulator.

Anything to get away from the CRTC is positive. However, to then try to set up a set of provincial level mini-CRTCs is just madness. Sort of like going from the frying pan and into the fire. More duplication, waste and confusion will arise as various provincial commissions try to do similarly useless but slightly different things than the federal commission, but with more confusion and waste than before! National organizations will have to make multiple applications for various permissions under different sets of local rules. But what a great make-work project for the lawyers.

Just get rid of it. Period.

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