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Telecom Order CRTC 2009-791

Ottawa, 17 December 2009

Ex parte applications

The Commission approves on an interim basis the following ex parte applications:1

Applicant

Tariff Notice

Date of
application

Effective
date

Application to be filed on public record

Bell Aliant Regional Communications, Limited Partnership

295

8 December 2009 23 December 2009 by 23 December 2009
Bell Canada

7230

8 December 2009 23 December 2009 by 23 December 2009
NorthernTel, Limited Partnership

284

4 December 2009 4 January 2010 by 4 January
2010
Télébec, Limited Partnership

404

3 December 2009 18 December 2009 within two business days of the date of this order

In order that the applications may be available for public examination, consistent with the CRTC Telecommunications Rules of Procedure, the companies are directed to file with the Commission an electronic version of the applications for the Commission website. Among other things, Telecom Decision 2008-742 allows interveners to comment, within 25 days, on Group B tariff applications that have been placed on the public record.

Secretary General

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
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.

2  Regulatory policy – Approval mechanisms for retail and CLEC tariffs, Telecom Decision CRTC 2008-74, 21 August 2008