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This 13-page paper covers various issues relating to Canada's CRTC including legislation, telecommunications issues and spectrum issues. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Commission (CRTC). While much of the information has been obtained from the organizations web site (http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/about.htm), there are other articles as well that will be used to help define what
this organization is, and how it works. History/Mandates The CRTC was established in 1968 by the Canadian Parliament. Its structure is that
of an independent public authority as constituted under the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission Act (CRTC, 2004). The purpose of the CRTC is to "regulate and supervise all aspects of
the Canadian broadcasting system, as well as to regulate telecommunications common carriers and service providers that fall under federal jurisdiction" (CRTC, 2004). Regulatory authority for this organization for broadcasting is
through the Broadcasting Act of 1991, while the telecommunications regulatory powers come from the Telecommunications Act of 1993 and the Bell Canada Act of 1987 (CRTC, 2004). We will examine
some of these acts later on in this paper. Inner Structure/Departments When it comes to the inner structure of the CRTC and
its departments, we first point out that the commission employes approximately 400 people and is separated into the following departments/divisions. There are the commissioners, who are responsible for the smooth
running of the entire organization, and the commissioners include the chairperson, senior advisor, executive assistant, administrative assistant, office assistant, vice chair of broadcasting, vice chair of telecommunications and provincial commissioners
(CRTC, 2004). The Broadcasting Directorate provides the commission with recommendations and information so that the broadcasting industry in Canada can be properly
supervised (CRTC, 2004). The directorate also develops general broadcasting regulatory policy for adoption by the commission (CRTC, 2004). Under the Broadcasting Directorate are Broadcasting Policy, Broadcasting Operations, Economic Analysis and
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