Telecom - Staff Letter addressed to Stephen Schmidt (TELUS Communications Inc.) and Philippe Gauvin (Bell Canada)
Gatineau, 19 February 2026
Reference: 8622-B2-202600494
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Stephen Schmidt
Vice-President – Telecom Policy & Chief Regulatory Legal Counsel
Telecom Policy & Regulatory Affairs
TELUS Communications Inc.
215 Slater St., 5th Floor
Ottawa, ON K1P 0A6
regulatory.affairs@telus.com
Philippe Gauvin,
Assistant General Counsel
Bell Canada
160 Elgin St., 19th Floor
Ottawa, ON K2P 2C4
bell.regulatory@bell.ca
Subject: Part 1 Application Requesting Urgent Interim Relief From TELUS Required for Bell to Serve Consumers in Alberta and British Columbia – Amended Expedited timelines
Dear Stephen Schmidt and Philippe Gauvin:
The Commission received a Part 1 application dated 11 February 2026 from Bell Canada (Bell) requesting urgent interim relief to improve the provisioning of wholesale high-speed access services on TELUS Communications Inc. (TELUS) network. Bell’s application noted that the final relief request was to follow in due course.
On 17 February 2026, Commission staff issued a letter establishing expedited timelines for interventions to be filed in the above referenced part 1 application and requested the disclosure of some information in Bell’s interim relief request, which was disclosed by Bell on that same day. The expedited timeline was set out in relation to the publishing date of Bell’s pending final relief request. On 18 February 2026, Bell’s final relief request was published.
In light of the publication date of Bell’s final relief request and the disclosure of additional information in Bell’s application, staff has amended procedural timelines for the above noted proceeding as follows:
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Interim relief:
- Interested persons may file an intervention to Bell’s interim relief request by Friday, 20 February 2026, serving a copy on Bell and TELUS.
- TELUS is to file an answer to Bell’s interim relief request by
Monday, 23 February 2026 serving a copy on Bell and all other parties. - Bell is to file its reply comments regarding its interim relief request by Wednesday, 25 February 2026, serving a copy on TELUS and all other parties.
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Final relief:
- Interested persons may file an intervention to Bell’s final relief request by Thursday, 26 February 2026, serving a copy on Bell and TELUS.
- TELUS is to file its answer regarding Bell’s final relief request by Monday, 2 March 2026, serving a copy on Bell and all other parties.
- Bell is to file its reply comments regarding its final relief request by Thursday, 5 March 2026, serving a copy on TELUS and all other parties.
Parties are encouraged to disclose as much information as possible on the public record.
Documents are to be received, and not merely sent, by these dates.
Sincerely,
Original signed by
Noah Moser
Director General, Costing and Regulatory Implementation
Telecommunications Sector
c.c.: Joël Beaupré, CRTC, joel.beaupre@crtc.gc.ca
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