Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Church, when the telecom review panel made the report, they said there was a certain sense of urgency. The minister has been criticized about cherry-picking certain parts of the recommendation. In the report, it says about the implementation:
The Panel suggests that the government should implement its recommendation in two phases:
- In the first phase, the government should issue policy statements endorsing the development of a national ICT adoption strategy as well as the implementation of a new regulatory framework, and take steps to reform the policy-making and regulatory institutions. In addition, it would use its powers under the Telecommunications Act to issue a policy direction to the CRTC to interpret the policy objectives of the Act in a manner that is broadly consistent with major reforms recommended in the Panel's report.
- During the second phase, recommendations requiring changes to existing legislation should be implemented.
I was wondering, in your opinion, do you think the minister's approach is cherry-picking, or do you think he has taken a reasonable approach to implementing the TPRP's recommendations?