DCHP-2

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission CRTC DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• n. — Law, Industry

  a commission that regulates and supervises the nation's broadcasting and telecommunications systems.

  Type: 1. Origin — The Canadian Radio-television Commission was founded in 1968 (see the 1967 quotation) and changed its name in 1976 to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to include phone companies. Since then, the commission's mandate has been expanded to include other communication services such as cellular phones and the internet (see Maple Leaf Web reference).

  See also: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation  Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission  CRTC  Canadian content  JUNO  

  • The abbreviation CRTC is most commonly used.