It has been an interesting process that has brought us here today.
There's no doubt the whole robocall scam upset a good number of Canadians. It's estimated that it was well into the tens of thousands of Canadians who were actually quite upset, and contrary to what Mr. Lukiwski was saying, Guelph was a very small percentage of it. Some of the concerns that were raised.... I don't know to what degree CRTC has made itself aware of some of the complaints, such as calls made at two o'clock in the morning into certain areas or constituencies, such as people being contacted and told, “You don't vote here, you vote over there.”
There were literally, I understand, over a hundred constituencies that were actually involved, where some form of mass calling was made, and it took on that label of voter suppression to discourage people from going out to vote. I think the reaction has been, well, what can we do? What should we be doing in order to prevent this in the future?
When I think of the automatic dialers, Pierre Poutine is often referenced. Pierre Poutine is a mischievous individual who we haven't been able to track.
Is there anything that prevents a future Pierre Poutine from setting up a computer in some basement and having an automatic dialer and sending out information or making a vast number of calls? What would the CRTC do if they heard of calls being made, but they're in the same situation where the caller is not registered with CRTC?