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Telecom Order CRTC 2005-350
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Ottawa, 14 October 2005 |
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Bell Canada
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Reference: Tariff Notice 859B (National
Services Tariff) |
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Ex parte application
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1. |
The Commission approves on an interim
basis the ex parte application1 by Bell Canada,
dated 30 September 2005, subject to the following condition. |
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Bell Canada is to advise the Commission of
the outcome of the selection process as soon as possible and
notify the Commission that the customer has awarded the contract to
Bell Canada. If Bell Canada is awarded the contract, the company
is directed to file with the Commission at procedure@crtc.gc.ca, within
two business days of the date of the above notification, an electronic
version of the application2 for the Commission web site.
Among other things, the CRTC Telecommunications Rules of Procedure
and Telecom Circular CRTC 2005-6
allow interveners to comment, within 25 days, on tariff applications
that have been placed on the public record. |
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Secretary General |
Footnotes:
1 An ex parte application is an application that has
been filed with the Commission without notice to the public and,
as such, is not placed on the public record when initially filed. An
ex parte decision is one in which the Commission disposes of an
application solely on the basis of the applicant's submissions.
Subsection 61(3) of the Telecommunications Act allows the
Commission to make an ex parte decision where it considers that
the circumstances of the case justify it. In Review of regulatory
framework, Telecom Decision CRTC 94-19, 16 September 1994, the
Commission set out several considerations to be balanced in any
determination to permit ex parte tariff filings, including the
public interest in the effective operation of the competitive
marketplace and the public interest in an open regulatory process.
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2 In Introduction of a
streamlined process for retail tariff filings, Telecom Circular
CRTC 2005-6, 25
April 2005, the Commission directed the companies to file all
tariff applications on an electronic basis.
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This document is available in alternative
format upon request, and may also be examined in PDF
format or in HTML at the following Internet site: http://www.crtc.gc.ca
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Date Modified: 2005-10-14 |