CRTC gets new chair with broadcasting regulator in spotlight over contentious bills

OTTAWA –

Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has appointed the subsequent head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

Vicky Eatrides will function the broadcasting regulator’s chair and CEO for a five-year time period beginning on Jan. 5.

Eatrides was most not too long ago an assistant deputy minister at Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, a job she took on in 2019 after serving in a number of senior roles on the Competition Bureau.

She replaces Ian Scott, who has been the CRTC chair since 2017.

The change in management comes because the regulator finds itself within the nationwide highlight with two controversial authorities payments that goal to provide the CRTC new powers making their manner by way of Parliament.

The Senate is taking a look at Liberal payments that will replace broadcasting legal guidelines to embody on-line streaming platforms and create a framework for tech giants to pay media retailers for content material.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Dec. 19, 2022.