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PIAC and Consumers’ Association of Canada Release Open Letter to Chairman of CRTC About Paper Bill

July 29, 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                 

OTTAWA – The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Consumers’ Association of Canada (CAC) today sent an open letter to Mr. Jean-Pierre Blais, Chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regarding the CRTC’s decision to close their complaint about fees charged by telecommunications service providers for providing bills in paper format and to hold a private meeting with the industry.  In the letter PIAC and CAC deplore the CRTC’s actions and ask the Chairman to rethink the course the CRTC appears to have chosen.

A copy of the Open Letter is found by following this link. The french version is here.

For more information please contact:

Bruce Cran
President
Consumers’ Association of Canada
(604) 418-8359
bcranbiz@telus.net

John Lawford
Executive Director
Public Interest Advocacy Centre
ONE Nicholas Street, Suite 1204
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 7B7
(613) 562-4002 x2(613) 447-8125 (cell)
jlawford@piac.ca


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