Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez has appointed Vicky Eatrides the subsequent head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
She will function the broadcasting regulator’s chair and CEO for a five-year time period beginning on Jan. 5.
Eatrides was most lately 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.
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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 offer the CRTC new powers making their manner by means of Parliament.
The Senate is Liberal payments that may replace broadcasting legal guidelines to embody on-line streaming platforms and create a framework for tech giants to pay media retailers for content material.
