In “Kindergarten Cop“, Arnold (“the Governator”) asks the kids “who is your daddy and what does he do?” It is a rather public investigation of the parentage – the ownership and control of the children in the classroom.
Triggered by interventions from TELUS and Shaw in relation to Globalive, the CRTC has opened a proceeding to determine whether a public or private process should be used to determine the ownership and control of a Canadian carrier. It is one of those delightful recursive public notices – a proceeding to determine the nature of a subsequent proceeding:
The Commission invites parties to comment on the circumstances under which it would be appropriate to hold a multi-party public process to review a common carrier’s compliance with the Canadian ownership and control requirements of the Act.
Industry Canada has already approved Globalive’s ownership for the purposes of radio licenses, but as a result of becoming a spectrum holder, Globalive is now subject to the CRTC’s jurisdiction over carriers under the Telecom Act.
The leaders of Globalive and Globalive Wireless will be speaking in our own version of a public proceeding – at The 2009 Canadian Telecom Summit. Have you registered yet?