Industry committee  One example would be that if you, as a holder of a mobile service, decided to switch providers and they refused to port your phone number—because you know we all like to keep our phone numbers when we change cellphones—that is something that would be subject to an AMP. There are

Industry committee  It means “administrative monetary penalty”.

Industry committee  Mr. Chairman, the CRTC currently has a proceeding before it called Let's Talk TV where it's looking at a wide range of issues, including bundling, so we really can't comment on what may or may not happen in that area because the decision of the commission has not yet been rendere

Industry committee  Yes, Mr. Chairman, the administrative monetary penalty regime is a civil remedy and it's on a continuum. The purpose is to promote compliance with the regulations and the act, and, in that way, penalties up to $10 million for the first violation and up to $15 million for the seco

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My name is Christianne Laizner. I'm the senior general counsel and executive director of the legal sector of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. With me today is Chris Seidl, who is the CRTC's executive director of telecommun

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We think the provisions of the proposed legislation are very good provisions that will certainly give us an ability to investigate the violations under this piece of legislation, which would be the failure to register notices. Other than that, our role is to implement the policy

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think we could work with the legislation, if it's passed, and then we'll see how it works.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As a government agency, we keep our records for the prescribed period of time, at least seven years.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The factors that are taken into consideration by the commission in making decisions are listed in their policy 2007-48, and every case is considered under its own facts. The parties that have been brought before under notice of violation can make representations within 30 days, a

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Under the Telecommunications Act, under the regime, it is the commission that makes decisions as to the amount of penalty. My colleague, the chief compliance and enforcement officer, would be conducting the investigation into the complaints as she has indicated.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The registry will contain the information that's required in Bill C-23. That information would be the name of the calling service provider, the name of the group or person on whose behalf the services are made. It will not contain the phone numbers, but at the time that the regis

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If a political party or a candidate uses their own internal volunteers or their own employees to conduct live calls, they are not required to file a registration notice with the CRTC.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We could undertake to provide that information to the chairman within that same timeline if that's acceptable.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Well, making ADAD calls, robocalls, outside the timeframes that are specified in the unsolicited telecommunication rules would be a violation on which we would levy an administrative monetary penalty. In the case of individuals, the penalty can be up to a maximum of $1,500 per da