Today, the Honorable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced Appointed Vicky Etrides as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Alicia Barin and Adam Scott as Vice Presidents Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC),
The appointments are the result of a transparent and merit-based selection process by the Government of Canada, canadian heritage Told.
“Technology has fundamentally changed how we communicate with each other and how we create and consume culture.” Minister Rodriguez said. “The new leadership team at the CRTC will help modernize regulators and stand up for Canadians and our creative professionals. Congratulations to Vicky Etrides, Alicia Barin and Adam Scott on their appointments.
ETrides has held several senior roles in the public sector, including with the Canadian Competition Bureau, Natural Resources Canada and the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED). She also taught competition law at Queen’s University in Kingston and is a member of the Ontario Bar. She holds degrees in Economics and Common Law.
Barin was first appointed by the CRTC in 2019 as Quebec’s regional commissioner and spent 20 years as a senior-level executive and vice-president of strategic planning at Astral Media, Canada’s largest payroll, before being acquired by and specialty was television and radio broadcaster. by Bell Media in 2013. She is the interim Vice Chairperson of CRTC from August 2022.
Scott has been advising the federal government on telecommunications and spectrum policy for 20 years, and currently serves as Director General of the Spectrum Policy Branch in the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED).
For mark goldbergSenior advisor in the telecommunications industry, this great depth of experience will prove valuable “as the CRTC takes the next step in administering new pieces of government legislation online.”
And, he added, with Scott’s experience in broadband connectivity, we can look forward to expanding connectivity to under-served areas, and also in the development of targeted programs to increase digital literacy and bridge the digital divide.
The appointments of Etrides, Barin and Scott are for a term of five years, effective January 5, 2023, February 8, 2023, and January 16, 2023, respectively.
