International Conference > Speakers & Delegates > Charles Dalfen

Charles Dalfen was appointed to the CRTC for a four-year term on January 1, 2002. Directly prior to his appointment he was a senior partner in Torys LLP, an international law firm, and served as Chairperson of its Communications Law Group. In this capacity he advised Canadian and foreign clients on domestic and international legal issues related to radio, television, cable TV, satellite, wireless and new media. Charles Dalfen has written and spoken widely on communications policy and law. He has participated as a delegate at various international organisations such as the ITU, Intelsat and the United Nations Committee on Direct Broadcast Satellites. He also served as Deputy Minister of Transport and Communications in British Columbia, as a law professor at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law and as the legal advisor to the federal Department of Communications. From 1976 to 1980, Mr. Dalfen was the CRTC's Vice-Chairperson, Telecommunications.

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