ECON 318 Lecture 72: Econ 318_F2016_Chapter_072_Summary of Canadian Regulation
12 Nov 2016
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Econ 318: canadian economic policy & institutions 2016-2017. About the crtc, hydro-quebec, foreign investment regulation, and competition bureau. The canadian radio-television and telecommunications commission (crtc) is an administrative tribunal that regulates and supervises canadian broadcasting and telecommunications in the public interest, as well as enhances the privacy and safety of canadians. It reports to parliament (communications monitoring report) through the minister of canadian. When parliament formed the first royal commission on broadcasting, it recommended that canada have a national broadcasting network, supervised by an independent federal agency. In 1932, the canadian radio broadcasting commission (crbc) was established to both provide a national broadcasting service and regulate all broadcasting in canada. With its regulatory responsibilities, the crbc was the earliest version of the crtc. Crtc was established by parliament in 1968. The crtc"s senior roles are chairperson, vice-chairperson of broadcasting and vice-chairperson of. In addition there can be up to 13 full-time.
