Speech
Opening remarks
by Andrée Wylie
Vice-Chair, Broadcasting,
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
at the public hearing in Gatineau, Quebec
Gatineau, Quebec
February 25th, 2005
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Good morning and welcome to everyone. My name is Andrée Wylie. I am the
Vice-Chair, Broadcasting for the CRTC. I will be chairing this public
hearing. Joining me on the panel today are my colleagues Commissioner Cram,
Regional Commissioner for Manitoba and Saskatchewan and Commissioner
Pennefather.
Over the course of this hearing, we will be assisted by a number of
Commission staff, including, among others:
- Stephen Millington our Legal Counsel
- Lynne Fancy, Telecom Staff Team Leader
- Len Katz, Executive Director, Telecom
- Scott Hutton, Director General, Competition, Costing and Tariffs
- Allan Rosenzveig, General Counsel, Telecom and
- Paul Godin, Director, Competition, Implementation and Technology.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Stephen Millington if you have any
procedural questions with respect to the conduct of the hearing.
The purpose of this oral public hearing is to adjudicate a Part VII
Application by the Consumer Groups seeking CRTC intervention in the matters
of dialers and modem hijacking.
Before we begin, I would like to say a few words about the administration
of this hearing.
This hearing is less formal than traditional telecom hearings and much
narrower in scope.
Due to the expedited nature of these hearings, interveners and the
general public will not participate in the oral phase of the proceedings.
The parties will be asked to first introduce the members of their
respective teams. The Applicants, followed by the Respondents, will have an
opportunity for opening remarks, as shown on the agenda. Following these
remarks, the parties will be questioned on matters related to the
Application, first by the Commission, followed by the Applicants, then the
Respondents and ending with the Commission’s final questions.
The Commission will not entertain written final argument; rather, parties
will have an opportunity at the end of the hearing to make final oral
submissions.
The Notice of Public Hearing letter indicated that the parties must file
all documents with the Commission and serve on the other parties prior to
the hearing. We are not inclined to accept any additional documents at this
hearing.
We realize that we are a very large group today and, therefore, we are
counting on your cooperation to ensure order throughout the hearing.
There is a verbatim transcript of this hearing being taken by the court
reporter. In order to ensure that the court reporter is able to produce an
accurate transcript, please make sure your microphone is turned on when
speaking.
If you have any questions on how to obtain all or parts of this
transcript, please approach the court reporter at the end of the hearing.
Please ensure that all cell phones and pagers are turned off at all times
while you are in the hearing room.
As indicated in the Commission's Organization and Conduct letter of
February 21, 2005, we plan to consider this Application, from 11:30 am to
3:00 pm.
We intend to issue a brief written decision by March 9.
We will now begin with the application by the Consumer Groups. We will
begin with opening remarks by the Applicants, who will have 15 minutes to
make their presentation. Before beginning their remarks, I would ask the
Applicants to introduce the members of their team.
Thank you very much.
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