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Although he’s proven himself to be no lightweight in recent months, CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein doesn’t appear to be prone to fits of gratuitous violence. That was made evident recently at the CRTC’s licence renewal hearings for private over-the-air broadcasters, when CFTPA national EVP and counsel John Barrack suggested the CRTC ‘give everyone a nudge’ – meaning broadcasters, of course – to honestly negotiate on terms of trade.
Although he’s proven himself to be no lightweight in recent months, CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein doesn’t appear to be prone to fits of gratuitous violence. That was made evident recently at the CRTC’s licence renewal hearings for private over-the-air broadcasters, when CFTPA national EVP and counsel John Barrack suggested the CRTC ‘give everyone a nudge’ – meaning broadcasters, of course – to honestly negotiate on terms of trade.