Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I appreciate the conversation. A couple of things come to mind. Recently, the CRTC was in the news when they said that after Thursday's decision, the regulator essentially set aside rates established in 2019. The reason I bring it up is that we talk about transparency. To me, this amendment leads to more transparency. We had a decision that was made, and in the news recently, with no minutes and no recorded votes. You don't know what the discussion was. When they had the open one that they went through with the CBC, there were transparent hearings, absolutely.
This concerns me in the sense that this amendment might bring more transparency to the decisions they're making. Now there are no recorded minutes. There are no recorded votes. I compare that with my involvement in municipal government. It's always out there, in front. You have to be very transparent in what you do. It's all on the record. To me, this provides another safeguard for that. I think the amendment provides that.
Mr. Ripley, I really appreciate your advice and your opinions on this, but to me, that piece is important in the sense of transparency. The CRTC doesn't operate as an elected body. It's an appointed one. They can be behind that screen that's provided for them. This, to me, is another level of transparency for elected people. We've moved into an area that will be very challenging, with very much interest in how a decision's made. This amendment will provide just a little bit more of that transparency on the decisions and on what they're doing.
I don't think it is now, as a body or as a board. They can have all sorts of discussions with no minutes of those discussions and no records of votes or rationale for what they're doing. This recent decision a week ago was very controversial. They changed their 2019 decision to the one they'd suggested the other day. Again, that has created lots of discussion out there on both sides, but there's no background information.
What I think we're talking about with this amendment is having a legal opinion out there and having it be public, having it in the Gazette. I think it would provide more of that level of transparency that we need going forward with this piece of legislation.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.