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Globe says BCE-Astral rejection helped build CRTC trust

2014-04-21 07:27 ET - In the News

The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that as chief consumer officer at the CRTC, Barbara Motzney is charged with giving ordinary Canadians a voice. The Globe's Rita Trichur writes it is a position specially created by chairman Jean-Pierre Blais as part of a broader mission to rebuild the trust of Canadians. The federal regulator has a complicated rapport with the public. She has her work cut out for her. Ms. Motzney is mindful of the cynicism, especially since her challenge is to bring consumer issues to the fore of the commission's decisions. A 2012 Reader's Digest poll ranked the CRTC as Canada's second "least-trusted" institution after Parliament. Things may be improving. Not only are Canadians more vocal at public hearings, but their views are "being taken more seriously" by the commission, says John Lawford at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. Still, he suggests the CRTC could do more if it is serious about remaining relevant. "I think the wireless code did a big job in saying that they [the CRTC] are there for the average person. I think rejecting Bell-Astral the first time around got people on the radar and going 'Oh, they're willing to stand up to big companies,'" Mr. Lawford says.

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