Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to the Distribution list
Ottawa-Gatineau, 15 January 2025
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Subject: Part 1 Application Seeking Updates to the Approval Processes for Competitor Tariff Filings – Application of TekSavvy Solution Inc.– Response to Québecor Média’s procedural request
On 9 January 2025, Commission staff issued a letter reopening the record and calling for comments on the Part I Application (the Application) submitted on 29 April 2022 by TekSavvy Solutions Inc. (TekSavvy) regarding the approval process for competitor tariff filings, particularly in relation to wholesale high-speed access (HSA) service.
On 10 January 2025, the Commission received an intervention from Québecor Média inc. (« Québecor Média ») on behalf of its subsidiary Vidéotron ltée (« Vidéotron »). In its intervention, Québecor Média requested that the call for comments and reopening of the record issued by Commission staff on 9 January 2025 be extended to any interested parties, not just those identified in the Distribution List. Vidéotron submitted that several important changes have occurred since the file was closed and that it is in the public interest to extend the opportunity to comment to as many as possible. Commission staff agrees with this reasoning and notes that no current parties have opposed this request on record.
Accordingly, Commission staff confirms that any party who wishes to comment can do so in compliance with the initial process and the timeline set out below:
- Any interested person may file their respective comments with the Commission no later than 31 January 2025.
- TekSavvy and other parties may reply to the comments no later than 14 February 2025.
- Final interventions should be filed no later than 21 February 2025.
All documents filed and served must be received, not merely sent, by the date provided. Parties are to send an electronic copy of all documents to Commission staff copied on this letter and to all other parties.
Section 39 of the Telecommunications Act and Broadcasting and Telecom Information Bulletin CRTC 2010-961 provides that persons may designate certain information submitted to the Commission as confidential. A detailed explanation of why the designated information is confidential and why its disclosure would not be in the public interest must be provided, including why the specific direct harm that would be likely to result from the disclosure would outweigh the public interest in its disclosure.
Yours Sincerely,
Original signed by
Chris Noonan
Director, Competitor Services & Costing Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
c.c.: Abderrahman El Fatihi, CRTC 819-953-3662 AbderRahman.ElFatihi@crtc.gc.ca
Kangni Ayivi, CRTC 819-962-3324 kangni.ayivi@crtc.gc.ca
Distribution List:
TekSavvy; regulatory@teksavvy.ca;
Rogers Communications Canada Inc.; regulatory@rci.rogers.com;
TELUS Communications Inc.; regulatory.affairs@telus.com ;
CNOC; regulatory@cnoc.ca;
Public Interest Advocacy Centre; jlawford@piac.ca;
Distributel; regulatory-crtc@distributel.ca;
Videotron; regaffairs@quebecor.com
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