OTTAWA — The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is taking so long to decide whether Quebecor’s online radio station can continue to broadcast on 99.5 FM in Montreal that Cogeco Communication is threatening to sue the federal agency to speed things up.

In a letter sent Monday to the CRTC’s secretary general and obtained by National Post, Cogeco accused the commission of “not ensuring the proper progress” in the file, not “assuming the responsibilities incumbent upon it” and “not fulfilling its duty towards the public and the Canadian broadcasting system.”

Moreover, it states that both companies involved in broadcasting the station are operating in an “illegal situation.” Quebecor replied in its own letter on Wednesday, accusing Cogeco of making “false and d

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