It creates a new category or a new obligation for the CRTC to do this specific consultation with Quebec and other provinces in a context where, indeed, there is nothing preventing those provinces from making their views known and putting them before the CRTC. It would put this added burden on the CRTC, but, as I mentioned to you in my previous answer, from the department's perspective, it also creates a risk of potential influence or perception of potential influence on the CRTC, because, again, our reading of the bill as crafted is that it would require them to do this consultation before even exercising a single power. Even before they get to the point of saying they were going to do a public proceeding, they would have to do this consultation. It just creates that risk of influence on their decision-making.
On September 23rd, 2024. See this statement in context.