The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday edition that Bernard Lord is stepping down as president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA). The Globe's Christine Dobby writes that since 2008, when Mr. Lord took the helm of the wireless industry's main lobby group, the number of wireless subscribers in Canada has increased by almost 40 per cent to 29.4 million, up from 21.5 million. Mr. Lord, who is also the former premier of New Brunswick, is leaving the organization at the end of August to take up a post as CEO of Medavie, a health company in his hometown of Moncton. The CWTA board is beginning the search for his replacement. Aside from policy work, the CWTA is also responsible for programs related to the wireless industry, such as device recycling and wireless Amber alerts. At times, the CWTA gets more attention than it would like for that role and it can be tense when its members' interests conflict. For example, in 2013, the three then-independent start-up carriers -- Wind Mobile, Mobilicity and Public Mobile -- announced they were leaving the organization, complaining it was biased in favour of the incumbents, Rogers Communications, Telus and BCE.