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I’m willing to bet money that the vast majority of Canadians haven’t got a clue what the CRTC is or does.

Judging by its name – Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission – it would seem to have something to do with radio stations. Like, maybe it monitors drive-time hosts for insults about women wearing niqabs. Am right? Close?

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And telecommunications, what’s that all about? Just what is a telecom? Is that like a phone? So they regulate content on phones? Does that mean they decide what apps people can get on their smartphone?

Wrong on all counts, folks. At least I think so, because despite judicious efforts on my behalf, I still have only the vaguest idea what the CRTC does. It seems to wander in and out of whatever areas of the television, digital and entertainment industries it feels like, dreaming up new regulations and dropping old ones. Whatever it is they do, not much seems to change.