CRTC has latitude in determining how it sets wholesale rates, appeal court rules

Court opines on meetings between the regulator and the regulated By Ahmad Hathout The Federal Court of Appeal has ruled this week that the CRTC has discretion in determining the method it uses to establish wholesale internet access rates, rejecting TekSavvy’s argument on appeal that the regulator failed to institute any method or technique when it rejected its own proposed lower wholesale rates based on methodological errors. The CRTC had initially proposed significantly lower wholesale rates in a 2019 decision, which would have allowed independent service providers like TekSavvy to lease internet space from the larger players at a reduced...