The Canadian radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said it could deregulate 86 of Canada's markets on a case-by-case basis, depending on the level of competition within each area. Following the Telecom Policy Review Panel's report to the federal government in March that recommended deregulation of the telecommunications market, the CRTC has set the wheels in motion to deregulate local exchange telephone services — the last regulated telecommunications market in Canada.
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